The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 385
Repeated Challenges 385 and Maulavi Pir Mehr 'Ali Shāh Ṣāḥib of Golrah should publish an agreement in a newspaper attested by fifty respectable Muslims that if a sign, which is truly extraordinary, is manifested, they will give up their opposition out of the fear of God the Glorious, and will make the pledge of allegiance to me. . Should this method be unacceptable. . . there is another simpler and easier method. . . . It is that, purely out of fear of God Almighty and out of mercy for the Muslims, you should call a meeting in Batāla, Amritsar or Lahore. This meeting should be attended, as far as may be possible, by a large number of respected divines and men of the world. I shall also attend with a number of my followers. . Then all of them should supplicate thus:. Lord, if You know that this person is an impostor and is not from You, and is neither the Promised Messiah nor the Mahdi, then may You remove this cause of dissension from among the Muslims and safeguard Islām and the Muslims against his mischief, as You did safeguard the Muslims against the mischief of. Musailama Kadhdhāb and Aswad 'Ansi by removing them from the world, but if he is from You and our minds and intellects are at fault, then may You Powerful One bestow understanding upon us so that we may not be ruined, and make manifest such matters and signs in his support that we should be satisfied that he is from You. . When this supplication is made, my followers and I will say Amin aloud. After that, I shall pray, holding in my hand all those revelations that I have set out. . . . I will pray as follows:. Lord, if these revelations, which are mentioned in this pamphlet that I hold in my hand, and on the basis of