The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 64
Hazrat Mirza ghulam AHmAD 64 if they consider my mission to have been planned by man, 1 they should come out to confront me and prevent the fulfilment of the sign. But you ought to pay attention to the fact that I say it under oath that if they, alone or with help from others, publish a qa si dah and the relevant Urdu essay within the given time frame, with the same number of couplets, and then dispatch it to me by post within twelve days from the receipt of my qa si dah, I will not only award them 10,000 rupees, but also be proved a liar, as they will have achieved victory over me. In this case, Maulaw i Sanaullah and his friends will no longer need to make false accusations against me and will win against me without having spent a single penny. Otherwise, he will have no right to call me a liar or reject my signs. Behold, making the heavens and the earth my witness, 1. Since their abuse and rejection has reached extremes, which is evident from the documents I keep with me preserved in a large bag, and since these people repeatedly reject, in their announcements, the Signs shown in the past and ask for more Signs to be shown, I therefore present this very sign to them. Similarly, the Christians, too, repeatedly addressed me, saying it is recorded in the Gospel that false Messiahs would appear. Hence, they have thus declared me to be a false Messiah, despite the fact that among them a false Messiah by the name of Piggott is living in the city of London at this very moment. He claims to be God as well as the Messiah and is thus fulfilling the prophecy recorded in the Gospel. However, if in the future, someone wishes to declare me to be false in my claim, such a person shall be obliged to do so by confronting my signs. Among Christians also many who renounced Islam claim to be maulaw i s. If Christian clergymen are true in their rejection of my claim, they should have such maulaw i s compose a qa si dah like this within five days, and obtain from me 10,000 rupees and spend the money on the cause of the Christian mission. He who makes empty claims only after the appointed date, or even produces a literary work for that matter, his work will be worthy of being thrown into a filthy drain. (Author)