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As soon as the mullah came to know that Hadhrat Ahmadas had accepted his challenge and had assured him that if he was sincere in his proposal, then Sanaullah would certainly be the first to die, the maulvi made a hasty retreat with the excuse: 'I neither am nor do I claim like you that I am a prophet, or a messenger or a son of God or a recipient of revelation. I cannot therefore enter such a contest. Your purpose is that if. I should die before you, you will proclaim that as a proof of your righteousness and if you pass on before me, a good riddance, then who will go to your grave and hold you to account? That is why you put forward such a stupid proposal. . I regret however, that I dare not enter into such a controversy and this lack of courage is a source of honour and not humiliation to me. '. Since Sanaullah declined to pursue the duel of prayer provoked by him and accepted by Hadhrat Ahmadas in which the mullah was assured that he would be the first to die if he were sincere in his challenge, it became null and void. Why should people like Abdul Hafeez be blind to this established fact of recorded history if they do not wish to express their enmity to Hadhrat. Ahmadas?. Apparently, Sanaullah's refusal to proceed further with his own challenge became a source of embarrassment to his colleagues. . He was subjected to severe criticism as a consequence of which another five years later, i. e. , in 1907, he issued another challenge wherein he called upon the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community to come forward and bring Hadhrat Ahmadas: 'who has challenged us to a mubahala in his book Anjam. Athim and compel him to confront me, for so long as there is no final decision with a prophet, nothing can bind all his followers. " 174 73. Amritsari, Maulvi Sanaullah. Ilhamat e Mirza, p. 116 74. Amritsari, Maulvi Sanaullah. Ahle Hadeeth, 29 March, 1907, p. 10 300