Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 211
21 MARCH 1907 21 MARCH 1907 پھر بہار آئی تو آئے شلج کے آنے کے دن The Spring has Arrived again and with it the Days of Snow¹ The Promised Messiahas said: Look! How the prophecy of the days of snow has been ful- filled! I had understood two aspects of it. Firstly, God will man- ifest such Signs that will be the ultimate proof for the people and hearts will find comfort. Secondly, there will be such heavy rain, bitter cold, and hailstorms, the likes of which have not occurred for a long time. So, God Almighty fulfilled both these aspects. These Signs appeared with such continuity that the argu- ment was conclusively established not only for the Punjab, but also for Europe and America—that is, with the death of Dowie-because when Dowie said that he prays for the com- plete destruction of Islam and is hopeful that his prayer would be accepted, then I published an announcement at that time challenging Dowie to a mubāhalah [prayer duel] that you con- sider Jesusas to be God and Christianity to be true, but I, in opposition to this, believe Jesusas to be a man and a Prophet of God and consider Islam to be a true religion. Therefore, who- ever is the liar between us would die before the truthful. I also 211 1. These discourses have been copied from Tashhidh-ul-Adh-hān into Badr. (Compiler)