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you say, Maulvi Dastgir Qasoori, Maulvi Ismail Aligarhi, Dr. . Dowie of America etc. , died in the same manner; have others accepted you? In the same way, if this death occurs, what good will it produce?182. This was clearly a plea by a very frightened man that he not be involved in any kind of a duel of prayer involving death. Hence, to spare himself an ignoble death, he demanded of Hadhrat. Ahmadas: 'Show me a sign that I may see myself. If I die, what can I see?'83. In fact, without actually realising what he was saying,. Sanaullah Amritsari specified the kind of a sign of the truthfulness of Hadhrat Ahmadas which he would like to see. He proposed a totally new criterion to settle this issue between him and Hadhrat Ahmadas and stated: 'The Holy Quran says that 'evil doers are granted respite' by. God. For instance, it is said: 'The Gracious One grants respite to those who are in error' [19. 76] and 'We grant them respite so that they might multiply their sins' [3. 97]; 'God will leave them to flounder in their transgression' [2. 16] and 'The fact is that We provided for them and their fathers and they remained in enjoyment of Our provision for a long time. [21:25]. All these clearly mean that God Almighty grants respite and bestows long life on liars, deceivers, disturbers of peace and disobedient ones, so that during the period of respite, they should add to their evil deeds. How do you then propose a rule that such people do not enjoy a long lease of life?184. Hence, the entire dialogue between Hadhrat Ahmadas and. Maulvi Sanaullah Amritsari assumed a new dimension. The 82. Ibid. 83. Ibid. 303 84. Ibid