An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 134
134 Background In 1894, a Maulav i of Amritsar, Maulav i Rosol B a b a , wrote a book entitled H ay a tul-Mas ih , in which he contended that Jesus Christ is alive and sitting in heaven. This Maulav i was among those nine bad Maulav i s who had been mentioned in another book, Anj a m-e- A tham (End of A tham). This Maulav i issued a challenge to the Promised Messiah as in this pamphlet to demolish his arguments about the fact that Jesus Christ is alive. The Book The Promised Messiah as wrote another of his epoch-making books, in which he demolished point by point the arguments advanced by Maulav i Rosol B a b a in the book H ay a tul-Mas ih. The Promised Messiah as extensively quoted from the Holy Quran, the hadith and the Sayings of the respected scholars and divines to support his contention that Jesus Christ died a natural death and did not die on the Cross and is not sitting in heaven as believed by most Muslims. Maulav i Rosol B a b a had the audacity of offering a prize of Rs. 1,000 to the Promised Messiah as for writing a book in refutation of his own. The Promised Messiah as accepted the challenge promptly and observed that he was prepared to accept Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i - his sworn enemy - as a judge in this contest and asked Maulav i Rosol B a b a to deposit the money (Rs. 1,000) with a third party but he failed to do so. He said that the only condition he proposed for winning this prize was that Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i and Maulav i Rosol B a b a read his book from the first page to the last, and then they should take an oath at a public meeting that they believe that Jesus Christ was alive and that the book written by the Promised Messiah as did not convincingly demolish the arguments advanced by Maulav i Rusul B a b a. Furthermore, these Maulav i s while taking an oath, should also state that “if what I have stated is a lie, then I pray that I might die as a