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xii THE MIRACLE OF AHMAD the Exalted for him, and ends with a fervent prayer for the victory of Islam and breaking of the Cross. The Promised Messiahas offered a reward of Rs. 10,000 to Sanaullah and his associates if they could produce a qasidah of the same quality, along with a response to the assertions made by him in prose, in twenty days. The Promised Messiahas declares: If I am true in my claim-and God is well aware that I am true in my claim-it will never be possible for Maulawi Sanaullah and his cohorts to compose a qaşīdah like the one I have in five days and refute the essay written by me in Urdu. For God will cause their pens to break and their hearts to become inept. (The Miracle of Ahmad, p. 65) Ahmad Mustansir Qamar performed the initial English transla- tion of this book in Wakālat-e-Taşnīf, Rabwah, with help from Syed Tanwir Mujtaba. Please note that the English translation of the Arabic qaşīdah is based on the idiomatic Urdu translation given in the original book. The book was finalized and formatted for publication by the English Translation Section (USA) of the Additional Wakālat- e-Taşnīf. Valuable services were rendered by al-Hāj Munawar Saeed, Naveed Malik, Hassan Khan, Abdul Wahab Mirza, Rawan Mallas, Naeemuddin Tahir, and others. May Allah reward them all. Amin. Al-Hāj Munir-ud-Din Shams Additional Wakīlut-Taşnīf, London July 2019