Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 118
118 TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY QURAN and his community is dispersed. Indeed, He said to the Chief of the Messengers that if he had fabricated even an iota, his jugular vein would have been slit. If it is not true that God very quickly punishes the liar who seeks to deceive people by falsely claiming to be a Prophet, then in such a case, God forbid, the inference regarding the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him-that if, God forbid, the Holy Prophetsas were an impostor, God would cer- tainly have punished him-cannot hold true either. Now, despite such a long respite and hundreds of Signs and occasions of divine support, while my opponents offered thousands of prayers for chastisement to befall me and despite their crying supplications in their mubāhalah [prayer duel] that punishment may overtake me, ultimately they achieved nothing except humiliation and disgrace. Allah the Most Glorious knows that I did not desire divine chastisement for any of my opponents in any mubāha- lah. I did not even pray for the death of Abdul Haqq Ghaznavi, who initiated a mubāhalah with me in Amritsar; nevertheless, he wailed and cried to a great extent. My purpose with regard to the mubāhalah was and still is that heavenly Signs may be demon- strated publicly in support of this humble one. And it will suffice to disgrace and humiliate my opponent in a mubāhalah that God should grant me victory on each and every occasion. In short, all these are Signs of my truth, but only for him who reflects. It is a pity that I am repeatedly asked what is the proof of my being the Promised Messiah. Such people do not understand as to what was the proof of Hadrat 'Isāas being the promised one and of our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, being the promised Khātamun-Nabiyyin [Seal of the Prophets].