Inspiring Events in the Field of Tabligh — Page 27
27 A In the field of tabl ī gh, sometimes All ā h provides succor to His servant that He becomes the mentor of the preacher who is facing a tough opponent by teaching him proper and prompt answer by which the opponent is baffled. One of its examples occurred in the lifetime of the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him), in 1893 at Amritsar while he was engaged in a debate with Reverend ‘Abdull ā h Ā tham, a bitter opponent of Isl ā m. This debate continued for about two weeks. One day, Reverend Ā tham tried to play a trick with the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him). He presented a blind, a lame and a leper to the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) saying, ‘You claim to be the Promised Messiah of the modern days. Here are some ailing people and we demand that you heal them with your messianic touch as Jesus Christ did in his time. ’ It is related by © adhrat M ī r Mu ™ ammad Ism ā ‘ ī l (may All ā h be pleased with him), who was among the audience, that all of them were very much puzzled and waited to hear the answer of the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) to that crafty demand of the Christians. The Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) was very calm. He told the Christian adversary that he did not believe that Jesus Christ healed physically blind, lame and the dumb with his messianic touch. Therefore, their demand from him was not at all justified. But they did believe in such miracles of their Jesus Christ. Apart from this, one of the signs of the people who have faith, it is written in the Bible , is that they will heal the sick with their touch; “For verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. ” Matthew 17:20 Then the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) said to Reverend Ā tham with great majesty, “I do not ask of you to move a mountain, but I am grateful to you that you saved me from searching the sick and blind. Now, I present to you the same sick and blind. If you have faith “as a grain of mustard” then,