A Gift for An-Nadwah — Page 19
19 miracle that all manner of deceit was employed in or- der to oppose and defeat me and conspiracies were hatched by the maulaw i s and their ilk, but they failed in their designs? If this is not a miracle then let the pomp- ously adorned maulaw i s of the Nadwah please tell us what constitutes a miracle. If I cannot perform miracles, I am a liar. If the death of the Son of Mary cannot be substantiated by the Holy Quran, I am a liar. If the Hadith of the Mi‘r a j 13 does not show the Son of Mary residing among the souls of the dead, I am a liar. If the Holy Quran has not made it abundantly clear in S u ra An-N u r that the successors of this umma will come from within the umma itself, I am a liar. If the Holy Quran has not referred to me as the Son of Mary, I am a liar. Mortal souls! Is it not a miracle that, despite the best efforts of my opponents, the prophecies recorded in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah some twenty-two years ago have been fulfilled? No one can prove that even one person was with me at the time. But today, if all my fol- lowers were to come together and settle in one place, I am sure that that town would be larger than Amritsar. 13 The ascent or night journey taken by the Holy Prophet sa to heaven. [Publishers]