The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 357
356 Α'ΙΝΑ-Ε-ΚΑMĀLĀT-E-ISLAM-DAFI UL-WASĀWIS marriage to him, that person would die¹, and that if such and such man does not accept him as the Messiah that man would incur [Divine] punishment. And thus, how can this claim of Divine revelation be considered truthful? You are a claimant to the truth of three thousand such rev- elations of yours. I will accept you as a Mulham [recipient of Divine revelation] if only three from among these three thou- sand revelations are proven to be true, and I will, in that case, acknowledge that I made a mistake in regarding your beliefs and your teachings as being contrary to the truth, and you as being immoral and misguided. You may choose from these three thousand whichever three you consider to be manifestly true. The revelation concerning the death of Dayanand Sarsawati, for example, or the revelation regarding the release of Shaikh Mehr Ali, or the revelation about Dalip Singh returning unsuc- cessfully, or the revelation about the death of your supposed future father-in-law, and other examples like these. You may prove the truth of these [three revelations] and attain success easily in a gathering in which there should be present an equal number of persons from each side and three judges belonging to different faiths or who are free thinkers. Leave aside three, let us take only one supposed revelation 1. This was a true prophecy which was fulfilled within its term, for it said that if Mirza Ahmad Baig of Hoshiarpur did not give his daughter in marriage, he would die within a period of three years from the date of the nikah [Islamic marriage]. Thus, Mirza Ahmad Baig did not marry his elder daughter to any- body for five years after becoming aware of this revelation and thus continued to live. After five years he gave her in marriage to a certain man, and in the sixth month after marriage, within the term of the prophecy he died. If this is a man-made affair, I adjure Batālawī to give an example of such a proph- ecy the truth of which had been manifested by God Almighty, or he might himself make such a prophecy. Otherwise, he should fear the curse which descends swiftly on the enemies of truth, like a rock falling downhill from the peak of a mountain. Author