A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 31
i‘j a zul-Ma si h —A Miracle of the Promised Messiah as 31 If this ignorant man lacks capacity to undertake this task himself, then I give him permission to get help from the scholars who share his views, or call a group of writers from Arabia, or ask the pious people of his nation to pray that he may be granted the capacity. I say this so that the public becomes aware that all these people are ignorant. Not one among them, nor all of them put together, have the ability to do this work. To put forward the argument that the P i r, who has been challenged for the contest, used to be a scholar but now his knowledge has melted away like ice and the spiders of dust have spun webs over his memory, is merely an excuse. ( I‘j a zul-Mas ih, pp. 40–41, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 18, pp. 42–43) Then, in great grandeur the Promised Messiah as made the announcement: