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152 up with just one-fifth of those arguments in support of their own respective religions. He also promised a reward of Rs. 10,000 to anyone who would succeed in meeting this challenge. 3 Despite trying their utmost, no opponent could meet the challenge, and thus Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya became famous all across India as a book without parallel. The opponents were dumbfounded and Islam, which had hitherto been powerless even to defend itself, now, with the entry of this warrior, was launching such a fierce attack upon its opponents that they were virtually routed. By that time Hadrat Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] Sahib as had not yet claimed to be the Promised Messiah, therefore, there was no hostility or prejudice against him. As a result, thousands started saying openly that this man was indeed the Mujaddid (Reformer) of the age. A sage from Ludhiana went so far as to write: یں ہپ رظن! م�ہ� �ت وں یک ےہ ض ی مہ رم� ےئل! ےک دخا ونب ا یح� مس� مت We, the sick and destitute, look to you; For God’s sake, be our Messiah. 4 After the publication of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya , Hadrat Mirza Sahib as made tremendous efforts in defence and support of Islam, and the opponents had to admit that, far from being dead, Islam was as alive and vibrant as ever. They became fearful of how their religions would be able to stand up against Islam. Christianity, which had prided itself on its success and considered Islam to be its prey, was now in such a state that its missionaries fled from the followers of the Promised Messiah as and dared not stand before them. Now, through the efforts of the Promised Messiah as , Islam