Fulfilment of a Grand Prophecy - Hazrat Ahmad’s Challenge to John Alexander Dowie — Page 5
Fulfillment of a Grand Prophecy 5 сл. FOREWORD. Islam is one of the major religions of the world and about 25% of the world population adheres to this faith. The very word "Islam" means peace and submission. . Total submission to the will of God is the essence of Islam. The Founder of Islam,. Holy Prophet Mohammad, predicted that during the later days when Islam would see a decline, God would appoint a person to rejuvenate Islam. . Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" is the divine person who was appointed by God as the Reformer of the age. He claimed to be the Second Advent of the Messiah anxiously awaited by Muslims and Christians alike. During this period, another individual named John Alexander Dowie, in the United States, also claimed to be the. Apostle of God and announced that he had been sent as Elijah the Restorer. Not only did Dr. Dowie make this claim, but he also expressed his hatred for the Holy Founder of Islam and Muslims in general. He actually wished the extinction of Muslim community and used foul language about the Holy Prophet Mohammadsa. At first,. Hazrat Ahmadas sent him polite admonition asking him to refrain from abusing the. Holy Prophet of Islam for whom he had intense unmatched love and esteem. Later, he challenged him to a prayer duel where both contenders would pray to God that whoever is the impostor perishes in the life of the truthful. Interestingly, the media overwhelmingly received this challenge and over thirty newspapers in the United. States alone publicized this Prayer Duel. Ironically, however, this very event is completely missing from the biographies written about Dr. Dowie by the historians of the time. . We, therefore, present in this booklet this important missing portion of the history with proof sources and clippings of these newspapers that painstakingly preserved this portion of history. This is the first time these historic data are being presented particularly for American readers. The coverage of the event by these papers is spread over a span of five years, as Hazrat Ahmad" announced the Prayer Duel in the year 1902 and Dowie died in 1907, within the lifetime of Hazrat Ahmad as, in fulfilment of his prophecy. . The first chapter of the book is an excerpt from the writings of Hazrat Ahmad entitled: Haqueeqatul Wahi or The Reality of Revelation. This excerpt presents the outcome of the prayer duel in the words of Hazrat Ahmadas. As the original writing of Hazrat Ahmad is in Urdu, the Urdu text is also presented for the benefit of Urdu speaking readers. as