By God — Page 20
20 hidden challenge towards them and tell them that if they are bold and are righteous and have firm faith in God, they should manifest their bravery by swearing. The excellence with which the Promised Messiah has sworn and announced his belief taking Allah the Omnipresent and All-Knowing as witness, in the same way, they should also come with a counter announcement that the Ahmadis are liars, evil-doers and defamers of the Holy Prophet sa , and have gone astray from the religion of Islam and like Bahais, Ahmadis are progenitors of a new faith. They should include all these allegations in their announcement and then see what the Will of God decrees. The Promised Messiah as says: “At last, I once again make it clear unto people that I swear by Allah Exalted by His Grandeur that I am not an infidel. 1 اہلل محمد رسول اہلل ل ا ل ا ل is my faith and 2 َ وَلَكِن ْ رَسُول َ اہلل ِ وَخَاتَم َ النَّبِیِّنی is my belief regarding the Holy Prophet sa. On the strength of this belief, I swear , as many times as there are the names of God and as many times as there are the letters in the Holy Quran and as many times as are the excellences of the Holy Prophet in the view of God. None of my beliefs is against Allah or the Sayings of the Messenger, and whosoever 1 There is none worthy of worship except Allah, Muhammad is His Messenger. (Publisher) 2 But he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of Prophets. (Al-Ahzab, Verse 41)