Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 286
286 eyes. If, however, things had ended there, it might have been claimed that A tham never repented. Therefore, to further clarify the prophecy, God caused a group of Christians and Muslims to start claiming that the prophecy had been false because A tham had not died within the specified time. It was explained to them that the prophecy admitted of two outcomes and that the second outcome had come to pass, but they did not agree with this and remained adamant that A tham had never repented. At this point, the Promised Messiah as invited A tham to declare on oath that his Christian and Muslim supporters were right and that in all this time he did not have thoughts about the truth of Islam and the falsity of his Christian faith. A tham, however, refused to take an oath to this effect. Instead, he published an announcement, with - out taking an oath, that he still considered the Christian faith to be true. However, God, who has power over all hearts and minds, caused him to also write that he did not consider Jesus to be God, as other Christians did. If you can refer back to the prophecy, it said that the person who sought to deify a mortal would be consigned to hell, but here A tham admits that he did not consider Jesus to be God. Notwithstanding this declaration, A tham was again asked if he would make a declaration on solemn oath that during those fifteen months he had entertained no doubts whatever about the truth of his religion and had not become cognizant of the truth of Islam. The Promised Messiah as said that if A tham affirmed this statement on oath and did not meet with Divine punishment within a year, then he (the Promised Messiah as ) would admit that he was false in his claim. The Promised Messiah as also offered A tham Rs. 1,000 in cash if he made that statement on oath. In response, A tham said that taking an oath was not permitted by his