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A Gift for An-Nadwah miracle that all manner of deceit was employed in or- der to oppose and defeat me and conspiracies were hatched by the maulawīs and their ilk, but they failed in their designs? If this is not a miracle then let the pomp- ously adorned maulawīs of the Nadwah please tell us what constitutes a miracle. If I cannot perform miracles, I am a liar. If the death of the Son of Mary cannot be substantiated by the Holy Quran, I am a liar. If the Hadith of the Miʻrāj13 does not show the Son of Mary residing among the souls of the dead, I am a liar. If the Holy Quran has not made it abundantly clear in Sura An-Nūr that the successors of this umma will come from within the umma itself, I am a liar. If the Holy Quran has not referred to me as the Son of Mary, I am a liar. Mortal souls! Is it not a miracle that, despite the best efforts of my opponents, the prophecies recorded in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyyah some twenty-two years ago have been fulfilled? No one can prove that even one person was with me at the time. But today, if all my fol- lowers were to come together and settle in one place, I am sure that that town would be larger than Amritsar. 13 The ascent or night journey taken by the Holy Prophetsa to heaven. [Publishers] 19