The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 394
394 Essence of Islam-III I have been informed categorically that if any opponent of Islam confronts me, I will be supreme and he will be humiliated. Why then do those who call themselves Mus- lims and doubt my truth not arrange for some Christian minister to stand up against me. Let them tell some Christian minister or a Hindu pundit that I am an impos- tor and assure him that no harm will come to him if he confronts me. Then God Almighty will Himself decide between us. If I am proved to be wrong I will transfer all the property that I have inherited to such Christian minis- ter or Hindu Pundit. If he turns out to be false, I will re- quire nothing from him but that he should become a Muslim. I make this offer in full sincerity and affirm in the name of Allah the Glorious, that I am ready for such a contest. I have issued twelve thousand announcements to this ef- fect but no pundit or minister has come forward in good faith. What greater proof can there be of my truth than that I am always ready for such a contest? If the opposing pundit or minister is not ready to show any sign, he can simply announce through some newspaper that he is ready to witness such a sign and that if such a sign does appear and he is not able to match it, he will immediately accept Islām. I will be more than willing to abide by such a plan. Let someone from among the Muslims step for- ward with the courage to test, in this manner, the truth of a person whom they denounce as a disbeliever and irre- ligious person. Then witness the resulting drama. [Ā'īna-e-Kamālāt-e-Islām, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 5, p. 348]