The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 389
Repeated Challenges 389 God's signs, then seize me and treat me as a liar. I have furnished you with full proofs, and until you refute these proofs you have no answer. The signs of God are de- scending like rain. Is there no one among you who would come to me with a true heart? Not even one? A Warner came to the world and the world did not accept him. But God will accept him and will es- tablish his truth with powerful assaults. Peace be on him who follows the guidance. [Anjām-e-Atham, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 11, pp. 345-347] This is to announce that the author of Brāhin-e- Ahmadiyyah has been commissioned by the All-Powerful One, glory be to Him, to strive for the reform of mankind in perfect humility, meekness and courtesy in the manner of the Israeli Prophet of Nazareth, and to lead those who are unaware of the straight path to the path along which a person attains true salvation and experiences in this very life the qualities of heavenly life, and the lights of accep- tance by God and His love. It is for this purpose that the book Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyyah has been compiled. . . . As the compilation of the book will take a long time, it has been decided that to bring the argument to a conclusion-at this stage a copy of this letter. . . be despatched to the re- vered Christian padres of Punjab, India, Britain and other countries which can be reached by the mail, who are con- sidered outstanding and exalted among their respective peoples, and it will also be despatched to leading Brah- mus, Āryās, rationalists and respected Maulavīs (who deny miracles and for this reason consider the author misguided. ) This plan has been adopted not by the author's own thinking and deliberation, but under the Divine