Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 639
A GREAT VICTORY—SIGN NUMBER 196 639 In the text of this mubahalah, I had also invoked the curse of Allah upon the liar¹ and had prayed to God Almighty to give His decision and thus expose the falsehood of the one who is lying. The text of this mubahalah, as I have just pointed out, was well publicized in some well-known American dailies. These newspapers belonged to American Christians and had no affiliation with me. The reason for my publish- ing this mubahalah in the American press was that Dr. Dowie, the false Prophet, did not answer me directly. So, as a last resort, I got that text of the mubahalah published in the well-known daily newspapers of America, which are distributed all over the world in large numbers. It is only by the grace of God that the editors of these American news- papers-despite being Christians and hostile to Islam-published my article about the mubahalah so widely and with such enthusiasm that it became widely known throughout America and Europe, and its news even reverberated back to India. The gist of my mubahalah was that Islam is the true faith and the Christian doctrine is false, and I am the same Messiah from God who was to come in the Latter Days and was promised in the Scriptures of the Prophets. I also wrote that Dr. Dowie was false in his claim of prophethood, as well as in his doc- trine of Trinity, and that if he accepted the mubahalah he would die within my lifetime in great pain and misery. Even if he did not accept the challenge, he would still not be able to escape divine punishment. In response to this, the ill-fated Dowie published the following lines in 1. I published an announcement in English on 23 August 1903, opposing Mr. Dowie. It says; 'I am about seventy years in age and Mr. Dowie, as he states, is a young man of fifty but I do not care for my age because this mubähalah will not be decided by our ages but God who is the Most Supreme Authority will decide it. If Mr. Dowie flees from this confrontation—even then, the calamity will certainly befall his Zion soon. Now I finish this discourse with this prayer: 'O All-Powerful and Perfect God, who always reveals Himself to the Prophets and shall continue to do so, settle this matter soon and reveal the falsehood of Mr. Dowie to the people. I am certain that whatever You have promised me through your revelation, shall be fulfilled definitely. O Almighty God, hear my prayer, You have all the powers. See English Announcement of 23 Aug. 1903. (Author)