The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 393
Repeated Challenges one fifth of the total number set out by us. 393 [Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyyah, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 1, pp. 24-31] Evidence in the form of Countless Signs Up to this day. . . Friday 22nd September 1893. . . more than three thousand signs have been manifested through me, which have been witnessed by hundreds of people. Thousands of Hindus, Christians and followers of other religions have witnessed the fulfilment of some of my prophecies. . . . There are about sixteen thousand people in India, Britain, Germany, France, Russia and Italy, who include Pundits, Jewish scribes, leaders of Zoroastrians, Christian Ministers, Clerics and Bishops, to whom regis- tered letters have been sent to the effect that Islām alone is the true religion and all other religions have drifted far away from the truth. These letters also contained an offer that if anyone of our opponents doubts my statement, he should come and stay with me for one year and witness the signs of Islām at my hands. If I turned out to be wrong, he would be paid compensation at the rate of two hundred rupees a month. And if I am proven right I would demand nothing from him except that he should become a Muslim. I even offered to deposit the amount of compensation in advance, but no one paid any atten- tion to my offer. . . . The validity of my statement might be determined by in- quiring from some Christian minister whether he has re- ceived such a registered letter conveying the message of Islām or not. . . . Letters and announcements containing the message of Islām have also been despatched to the mem- bers of British Parliament and Prince of Wales. . . . as tes- tified by postal receipts I have in my possession. [Shahadat-ul-Qur'an, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 6, pp. 369-371]