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THE OPEN MUBAHALA CHALLENGE. The Mubahala challenge to which Abdul Hafeez has taken exception may not have been necessary had the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community not been forced into a situation to finally take recourse to the Court of Allah against the persistent abuse being directed towards it and also its active persecution by its adversaries. This is clearly indicated by the announcement of. Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmaday prior to the challenge wherein he stated that since: 'This dispute has assumed grave proportions and the one sided persecution does not seem to relent. The Ahmadiyya. Community having given evidence of its perseverance and forbearance and having employed every peaceful mean to counsel the leaders of this campaign against the consequences of their actions, it is now expedient that an open challenge to a Mubahala be given to these adversaries and this matter be referred to the Court of God Almighty as it is now not possible for the Ahmadiyya Community to persevere this oppression any longer. ' 126. This statement indicates that the adversaries of the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community had, with their century old persecution and vulgar abuse as well as fabrications, pushed Ahmadi Muslims to resort to Divine judgement in this controversy since this dispute has assumed such proportions that it is now not within human powers to bring it to conclusion. Where is the harm in this when there is a precedent for it in the history of Islam2 and the permissibility of such a challenge is itself acknowledged by. Abdul Hafeez with his own four point Mubahala?28. Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad'say challenge to Mubahala is an 26. Ahmadiyya Muslim Association. Mubahala, Urdu Edition, p. 3 27. Al Quran 3. 62 28. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 19 7