A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 15
i‘j a zul-Ma si h —A Miracle of the Promised Messiah as 15 will be considered defeated. Also, on behalf of ‘Anjuman-e-Furq a n’, the followers of the Promised Messiah as in Lahore, (whose officers were: President: Hak i m Fa d l Il a h i , Secretary: Munsh i T a j D i n and Joint-Secretary: Mi an Mi‘r a j D i n ‘ Umar) published an announcement twice, on August 19 and August 20, 1900, that: Should P i r [Meher ‘Al i ] write a commentary according to the conditions of the Promised Messiah as , we will give him a reward of 1,000 rupees in cash. (For details see W a qi‘ a t-e-Sa hih ah , published by Anw a r-e-Ahmad i , Lahore, 1900, pp. 36–37) As a reply to these announcements, P i r [Meher ‘Al i ] once again published a statement in which, to avoid a written commentary, the emphasis was entirely on a verbal debate. Moreover, he one-sidedly fixed the date of this verbal contest as August 25, 1900. (For details see ‘As a -e-M u s a , published by Maulav i Muhammad ‘Abdul Maj i d, Delhi, 1900, p. 418) [Bear in mind that Munsh i Il a h i Bakhsh Accountant, from whose book the above reference is taken, was a bitter opponent of the Promised Messiah as and was unparalleled in the malice and animosity he bore against him]. Threats by the Disciples Furthermore, some disciples of P i r [Meher ‘Al i ] were enraged and they began to write a series of abusive letters to the Promised Messiah as. In these letters, they not only took the abusive language to it’s limits, but also gave threats of murder, which clearly showed