Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 469
2 October 1907 469 2 October 1907 (During the walk) A Liar who Enters into a Prayer Duel Perishes in the Lifetime of the Truthful One A member of our Jam a‘ at presented a question from a non-Ahmadi, ‘You have written in your literature that the liar perishes in the very life of the truthful one. This is incorrect as Musailimah the Great-Liar died after the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. ’ The Promised Messiah as said: Where is it written that the liar dies in the lifetime of the one who is true? I have not written so in my literature. Come and present the book to me in which I have penned this. I have writ- ten that the one who is a liar from among the parties in a prayer duel perishes in the lifetime of the one who is true. Musailimah al-Kadhdh a b [the Great Liar] did not enter into a prayer duel. The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had said this much to him, ‘Even if you remain alive after me, you will surely perish’, so this is exactly what transpired. Musailimah al-Kadhdh a b was killed a short while after and the prophecy was fulfilled. The statement that the liar dies in the lifetime of the truth- ful one is completely wrong. Did all the enemies of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, per- ish in his lifetime? On the contrary, thousands of his enemies remained alive after his demise. However, the liar who enters into a prayer duel dies in the life of the truthful one. In the same way, my opponents, too, will remain alive after my death,