The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 62
Hazrat Mirza ghulam AHmAD 62 of wisdom and that if only a poem had been written in eloquent Arabic, as a qa si dah is ordinarily composed, they would surely have produced the like thereof. It also occurred to me that if I only seek a match of I‘j a zul- Mas ih from Maulaw i Sanaullah, he is sure to ask how it can be proved that the book was written in no more than seventy days; and to say that if he were to argue that the book was actually com - pleted in two years’ time and he, too, should be given two years to produce the like thereof, it will be difficult for me to furnish clear proof before him that I wrote it in seventy days. For these reasons, it was considered appropriate that a supplication be made before Almighty God that He may support me by the Holy Spirit to pro - duce a qa si dah wherein I should speak of the debate at Mudh, so that it is not difficult to understand as to how many days the qa si dah has taken to be prepared. So, I prayed: ‘O Omnipotent Lord! Enable me by way of a Sign to pen a qa si dah of this kind. ’ So, this prayer of mine was granted and I was bestowed extraor - dinary support from the Holy Spirit, enabling me to finish the qa si dah in only five days. If there had not been any other engage - ment occupying my attention, I would have finished it in only a day. And then, if the printing had not been delayed, 1 it would have been published by 9 November 1902. This is indeed a great Sign—to which Maulaw i Sanaullah him - self is a witness, and as it is proven from the qa si dah itself—that it was composed after the debate, which was held 29–30 October 1. Another reason for the delay was that I had to go to Batala to attend the court of the honourable judge on 7 November 1902. The actual time required to compose the qa si dah was just three days and two extra days were due to this inconvenience. (Author)