The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 453
Repeated Challenges 453 mighty, outstanding service in the cause of Islām, for instance, if the destruction of false religions, which has been predicted at the hands of the Promised Messiah, is not manifested through me, and God Almighty does not manifest those signs at my hands which should make Islām supreme and whereby people should begin to accept. Islām from every direction, and the false god of Christianity should be destroyed, and the world should enter a new epoch, I will acknowledge myself a liar. I call God. Almighty to witness that I shall be bound by this declaration. God Almighty knows that I am not a liar. The period of seven years is not long, and it is not within human power to work such a revolution in such a short time. As. I offer to make this agreement sincerely, in the name of. God Almighty, and call all of you to make this truce, you should fear God and respond to me. If I am not from. God, I am bound to be ruined. Otherwise no one can ruin a commissioned one of God. [Anjām-e-Ātham, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 11, pp. 304-319]. Prayer for a Divine Decree. The controversy between my opponents and me has now reached the limit. He Who has sent me will now judge between us. If I am true, heaven will surely bear strong witness for me, which will set people atremble. But if I have offended God by inventing lies against Him over a period of twenty-five years, how can I escape His wrath?. In such case, even if all of you should become my friends, I will still be a ruined person because God's hand would be against me. . O Ye people, keep in mind that I am not a liar but am oppressed, I am not an impostor but a righteous man. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥī, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 189-190]