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BODIES OF PROPHETS AND MARTYRS. In his second point of the counter challenge, the author of Two in One attempts to wriggle out of the Mubahala challenge issued by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmaday by stating that it is his 'belief that bodies of prophets and shaheeds [those who die in the way of God] are safe in their graves and are preserved' and then suggests that Ahmadi Muslims open the grave of Hadhrat. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as to see if his body has been preserved. "9. Abdul Hafeez is entitled to whatever personal beliefs he wishes to entertain but in view of the fact that Islamic beliefs are based upon the knowledge contained in the Holy Quran and Hadeeth, one challenges him to substantiate the correctness of this naive claim from the wisdom contained in the Holy Quran or authentic Hadeeth. While it is not denied that in rare instances, due to some unique soil conditions, a human body buried under the soil may be preserved for thousands of years, yet there is absolutely no Islamic basis upon which it could ever be argued that the bodies of a certain class of people, whether prophets or shaheeds, are positively preserved as a rule. On the contrary, the. Holy Quran, rather than promise to preserve the bodies of prophets and shaheeds issues such a promise to the worst of. God Almighty's creation so that they may be a Sign unto the world. Hence, one finds it stated to Pharaoh: 'This day shall We save thee in thy body, that thou mayest be a Sign to those who come after thee! But verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!'95. As against this, there was no such promise made by Allah to. Hadhrat Moses as. However, if it is still insisted that this belief in relation to the preservation of the bodies of prophets and shaheeds is correct then before one demands that Ahmadi 94. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 19. 95. Al Quran 10. 92. Text Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, p. 507 32