The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 414
414. Essence of Islam-III. Holy Spirit is proven to be descending upon the Muslims, the hollowness of the Christians' belief has been fully exposed. [Majmu'ah Ishtihārāt, vol. 1, p. 156]. In this meeting I suggest an easy method of settlement to. Deputy 'Abdullah Ātham Ṣāḥib and all the other Christian gentlemen. . . . I shall pray to the Living and Perfect. God for a sign and you gentlemen should pray to Jesus. . You believe that he is the almighty; if that is so, you will certainly succeed. I announce in the name of Allah that if. I fail to manifest a sign against you, I shall willingly submit to any punishment, and equally so if you succeed in manifesting a sign in opposition to me. [Jang-e-Muqaddas, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 6, p. 138]. How can the Torah and the Gospels stand against the. Holy Qur'ān? Even if people try to discover and set forth the countless verities, spiritual insights and wisdom comprised in the seven brief verses of Surah Al-Fatiḥah—in a natural sequence and firm order from the Book of. Moses, or from the few pages of the Gospel of Jesus they can never succeed, even if they spend their whole lives trying. . . . If they believe that the Torah or the Gospel is perfect in setting forth Divine verities, insights and spiritualities of the Word of God, I am prepared to award them five hundred rupees in cash. If they consider this amount too little, I am prepared to increase it as much as they may suggest, provided it is within my means. What they have to do is set forth from their voluminous books which number about seventy-truths and insights of the law and well-arranged pearls and jewels of the unique characteristics of the Divine Word, like those that I shall set forth from Surah Al-Fatihah and shall pre-