A Verdict Required — Page 27
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS 27 And the agreement that was written between this Author and Lekh Ram for the purpose of witnessing Signs was possessed of a title which Lekh Ram had written with his own hand, as follows: Om Paramātmane Namah ['To the Supreme Being, a bow']. 'May the Supreme Being, Who is the embodiment of truth, manifest the truth and destroy falsehood, so that Your true Vedic knowledge and wisdom prevail through- out the entire world!'1** Then after this, the summary of this lengthy agreement is that if Lekh Ram was apprised of any prophecy and it does not come true, it will serve as evidence for the truth of the Hindu religion, and it will be incumbent upon the party making the prophecy to either adopt the Aryah religion or pay Lekh Ram three hun- dred and sixty rupees, which must be deposited in advance at the shop of Sharampat, resident of Qadian. And if the one making the prophecy is proven to be true, it will be evidence of the truth of Islam, and it will be incumbent upon Pandit Lekh Ram to embrace the religion of Islam. 2** Then, subsequent to this, the prophecy was disclosed 1. Lekh Ram made this prayer regarding the outcome of the prophecy that if Islam is true, the prophecy made by me may be fulfilled; and that if the Hindu religion is true, the prophecy made by me may prove false. I now ask the worthy readers that if the prophecy made concern- ing Lekh Ram is considered false, which party would face the negative impact of this prayer? Author 2. The stipulation that Lekh Ram should accept Islam was a condition set forth at a time when the content of the prophecy to be revealed by Allah the Exalted was yet unknown. Author Prayer of Pandit Lekh Ram