The Heavenly Decree — Page 28
28 A sm a n i Fai s lah contest, since he is foremost amongst the party of [Mi yan Sahib’s] followers. Anyone else—from amongst the famed and celebrated Sufis, saints and hereditary divines—who, like these religious scholars, considers me to be a kafir, an impostor, and an inveterate liar, is welcome to join him. If all these people turn away from the contest and refuse to accept my invitation by means of lame and unreasonable excuses, then Allah’s argument shall be complete against them in all respects. I am the Appointed One, and the glad-tiding of victory has been given to me. I, therefore, call all the persons mentioned above to a contest against me. Is there anyone who dares to stand up against me? A suitable arrangement for this contest would be to set up a Board at Lahore, the capital of Punjab. If the opposing party accepts this suggestion, the members of the Board can be appointed through mutual consent, and the opinion of the majority will prevail in case of disagreement. It will be appropriate that, in order to properly test the parties with regard to the four signs, both sides should keep sending in their dated writings to the Board for one whole year. The Board will send dated acknowledgements of the material record to the parties, along with the details of the subject matter contained therein.