The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 63
'ABDULLAH ATHAM. Among the great signs of Allāh, the Almighty, is the sign He manifested with regard to Deputy 'Abdullāh Ātham, a Christian. It was occasioned by a debate between Islam and Christianity which took place at the urging of Dr. Martyn Clark in May and June 1893. . The Christians selected Deputy ‘Abdullāh Ātham for this debate, and I represented the Muslims. A few days before the debate began, ‘Abdullāh Ātham had used the term Dajjāl [Antichrist] with reference to our. Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be on him), in his book Andrūna-e-Bible, as I have mentioned on the last page of Jang-e-Muqaddas. His mischief and insolence during the entire debate is still fresh in my memory, and I earnestly wished that God should grant me some prophecy regarding his chastisement. It was with this in mind that I took a signed statement from Ātham, so that when I announced the prophecy he should not rush to the court like other. Christians and try to harm me. I was occupied in the debate for fifteen days and continued to pray privately for [a sign of] reprimand for Ātham. When the debate was over, I was informed by God Almighty that if Ātham would not repent of his audacity and insolence, and would not retract the word Dajjal, which he wrote in his book with reference to the Holy. Prophets, he would be cast in hawia [hell] within a 63