The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 440
440 Essence of Islam-III desire that Your creatures should be mislead on my account, and it is better that such an impostor should die. But, O All-Knowing and All-Aware God, if it is in Your knowledge that all these revelations which I hold in my hand are from You and are Your Words, then may You afflict these opponents of mine who are present here, within one year of this date, with a se- vere torment; afflict some with blindness, some with leprosy, some with paralysis, some with lunacy, and some with epilepsy. Make some of them the victims of snakebite, or the bite of a mad dog; destroy the property of some and afflict some with calamity and some with disgrace. When I finish my supplication, both parties should say Āmīn. Everyone of the opposite party who is present for Mubāhalah should then supplicate: O All-Knowing and All-Aware God, we account this person, whose name is Ghulam Ahmad, a liar, an im- postor and a disbeliever. If he is truly a liar and an im- postor and a disbeliever and a faithless one, and his alleged revelations are not from You but are his own invention, then may You, as a Benefactor of the Mus- lims, destroy this impostor within a period of one year so that the people may be saved against his mischief. But if he is not an impostor and is from You and all these revelations are Words of Your Mouth, then may You afflict us, who consider him a disbeliever and a liar, within the period of one year, with painful and disgraceful torment by making some of us blind, some leprous, some paralytic, some lunatics, and some by being bitten by a snake or a mad dog. May You afflict with a calamity the wealth and life of some and the honour of others. At the end of this supplication, everyone should say Āmīn. If anyone considers me a liar and an impostor, but