The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 381
Repeated Challenges 381 however, be remembered that they will not stand forth against me as their hearts stand in awe of the truth, and they are well aware of their wrongdoing and transgression. [Ã'īna-e-Kamālāt-e-Islām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 5, pp. 348-349]. Challenge to Reach a Conclusive Settlement. It is a wonderful manifestation of the Divine that the more the opposing Maulavīs try to reduce our numbers and the more they try to stop people from joining our. Movement, the more of them join it, so that we are now well in our thousands. This process goes on daily with increasing speed and God Almighty goes on pulling out good plants from the other side and planting them in our garden. We enjoy Divine support increasingly, on the basis of authority, reason and heavenly testimony. If the opposing clerics still imagine that they are in the right and we are in the wrong, and that God is with them and that we are under the curse and wrath of God, then, besides the fact that we have already furnished them with conclusive proofs, we are willing to provide them with another opportunity of distinguishing between truth and falsehood. If they truly consider themselves in the right and imagine that we are in the wrong, and they desire that the truth may be made manifest and falsehood may disappear, then let them adopt the following method. . They should pray:. Lord, if this person, who claims to be the Promised. Messiah, is false and a liar and an impostor in Your estimation, and if we are right in our stand and are truthful and are Your accepted servants, then do manifest within one year some extraordinary sign in our support.