The Shining Lamp — Page 100
100 Dastagir of Kasur; or 8. Abdullah Tonki, Professor, Lahore; or 9. Maulaw i Muhammad H asan, Chief of Ludhiana, confirm under oath and declare that these three tribulations, which were written in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya in the form of prophecies, have not been manifested? If any of the aforementioned gentlemen rejects the truth of my ilh a m , then why do they ruin the lives of the peo- ple? They should take an oath against me [and declare] that all these three tribulations presented as prophecies in Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya have not taken place and that these prophecies have not been fulfilled. And if they have been fulfilled—O Almighty God!—within a period of forty-one days, cause that wrath to descend upon us which descends upon the guilty ones. Thus, if that wrath of God which descends from heaven by the Hand of God Almighty and without the agency of man, and destroys a liar with the all-consuming fire, does not descend within forty-one days, then I and all my works shall be proven false, and in reality, I shall be deserving of all curses. And if they can show in this day and age, these types of prophecies from someone else that he himself wrote and published in a book and distributed to opponents and supporters before the time [of fulfilment], which are equal in glory to my prophecies and exhibit Divine powers, even then I will be considered a liar. It shall be necessary for anyone who is willing to take the oath that he should come to Qadian for this and take the oath face to face before me as I will not go anywhere. This is a matter of faith, and if anyone, despite the bragging of being a maulaw i , shows indolence in this regard, then they themselves will be considered liars. If they can overcome a person like me whom they label a