The Essence of Islam – Volume III

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Page 417 of 487

The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 417

Repeated Challenges deemed, and that God is made of a Trinity: the father, the son and the holy ghost; and that Jesus, a combination of the three, is the perfect God. Almighty God, may You judge between the two parties who are present before You, in the following manner: May the one who professes the wrong doctrine be destroyed in a great torment within one year, because the destruction of a few would provide deliverance for the whole world. ' 417. One of the parties should make this supplication and the other should say Āmin; and then the other party should make the same supplication and the first party should say. Amin; and both should await God's Judgement for one year. I promise that I shall deposit two thousand rupees to pay over to Christians who participate in this Mubahalah. This is a necessary method of settlement as we claim that the Living and Mighty God is with us, and the Christians claim that He is with them. . From the result of the Mubahalah the public will learn which party has God's support. If the Christians do not agree to this method of settlement, they will build for themselves a store of curses in heaven, and people will know that they are false. My invitation is addressed to Dr. Clark, Reverend ‘Imād-ud-Dīn, Ḥissām-ud-Dīn (Editor of Kashf-ul-Haqā'iq), Munshi Şafdar ‘Alī Bhandārah,. Reverend Fateḥ Masīḥ and to every Christian minister who is an enemy of Islām and may wish to join in. This is a good way of settlement so that the world may be rid of these daily conflicts and the false ones may be humiliated. Peace be on those who follow the guidance. . Mirzā Ghulām Aḥmad. Qādiān. [Anjām-e-Ātham, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 11, p. 33]