A Conclusive Argument in Favour of Islam — Page 46
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 58 I do not expect you to insist that you will only deal with the Muslims of Jandiala and nobody else. You are well aware that there is no well renowned scholar in Jandiala and it will not befit your grandeur to compete with lay people. You are well informed of my situation. For the past ten years I have been thirsting to debate with the Chris tians and to quench this thirst I have even sent thou sands of letters in Urdu and English to revered priests like yourself, but having received no reply, I was left disappointed. I am sending you some of these letters by way of specimen so that you may realise that I should be the first to deserve your attention in this regard. I am ready to face any punishment if I am lying. I have been prepared for the past ten years and to me there is none in Jandiala who is eligible to enter this contest. I, therefore, respectfully request that if you desire to settle this debate once and for all, accept my challenge so that some of the distinctive signs of the divinely supported religion and of those who believe in the true God are manifested. One of your major claims is that the Messiah, peace be upon him, was in fact God and the Creator of heaven