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viii book, Miyāń Nadhir Husain, Muhammad Husain Batālawi and others of the same belief to a spiritual contest in which the question whether someone is, or is not, a true believer in the sight of Allah would be settled by Allah Himself on the basis of the four criteria of a true believer as laid down by Him in the Holy Quran; the Promised Messiahas also spelled out in detail the modus operandi of this contest and also fixed the period and time frame within which this contest would be decided by Allah. He stated that if he lost the contest he will "declare publicly in that very meeting that I am not from Allah and that all my claims are false. But I am certain and I can see- that my God will never let this come to pass, and He will never allow me to perish. " But he knew that his opponents would not take up this challenge-and so it happened. The book also covers other related topics of great interest. Muhammad 'Alī Chaudhry Wakīlut Taşnīf, Rabwah. Friday, 19 May 2006