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! 29 is that a tribunal consisted of three accepted judges should give such a verdict that the answers are according to the c onditions. ” “On this challenge, many enemies of Islam made tall claims of writing a rebuttal to this book. Upon this, the Promised Messiah (as) immediately wrote: ‘ In short, I invite you all in the name of God, to come and take up my challenge without any reservation or delay. Argue like Plato, become the incarnation of Bacon, borrow from Aristotelian reasoning and dialectic, clasp your hands before your false gods and beseech them for help. Then will you witness whether it is my God who prevails or your fa lse deities’. ” 15 In 1890, the Promised Messiah (as) wrote a book titled, Fateh Islam (or “Victory of Islam” ) , in which he mentioned a heavenly workshop according to divine guidance for the propagation, dissemination and spreading the message of Islam. This heavenly workshop had 5 branches. The third branch was the system of guests and visitors who came in thousands to visit the Promised Messiah (as) personally in search of truth. The Promised Messiah (as) himself used to take care of the cost of hospitality of these guests. In this regard, he said: “ The third branch of this Divine workshop relates to visitors and inquires those who choose to travel and come to me in search of truth or for other purposes: they have heard of this workshop and so they come to me. This branch of the work also keeps growing. The pressure of visitors no doubt varies. Not much on certain days, but very much on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 15 Mirza Bas hir Ahmad, Hayate Tayyiba, p. 47