An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 114
114 to the Muslims and Christians, the errors of their ways and beliefs and appealed to them in prose and poetry to believe in the One and the True God and obey Him in every respect. ( Life of Ahmad by A. R. Dard ra , edition of 2008, pp. 408-410) The Book An Arab by the name of Syed ‘Abdur Razz a q of Baghdad wrote a letter to the Promised Messiah as in Arabic from Hyderabad (Deccan) where he was on a short visit. He also sent a leaflet which he had issued in Arabic against the Promised Messiah as. He called the Promised Messiah as the Anti-Christ, worthy to be killed with a sword in this world and put into the fire in the next. He declared that he would write a refutation of Hadrat Ahmad’s A ’ i na-e-Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m. His letter was dated 25th of H ajj, 1310 A. H. The Promised Messiah as sent a reply to him in Arabic and invited the Baghd a di visitor to come to Qadian and study his Community. In answer to his abusive letter, the Promised Messiah as wrote: “If you like you can abuse me, reject me, kill me and my only answer will be that I shall pray for your welfare and safety. O’ man from the land of the Holy Prophet sa , may God have mercy on you in this and the next world. He again invited Syed ‘Abdur Razz a q to visit Qadian and spend some time in his company and witness some Divine signs and if he could not come to Qadian, he was told of another method of testing his truth. He could have a recourse to God, by having an Istikh a rah for a week. He also told him the way he could have this Istikh a rah. After ‘ Ish a’ prayer, he should offer two Rak‘ a t of prayer, in the first Rak‘at , he should read s u rah Y a S i n and in the second, s u rah al-Ikhl as should be recited 21 times and after this, the seeker after truth should repeat Dar u d 300 times and Istighf a r 300 times. God would reveal to him the truth. He also advised him to inform him if he was to undertake Istikh a rah , so that he could pray for him. This was a method which brings man right to the source of the truth. The Promised Messiah as in this book also took the opportunity