A Hidden Truth

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
tradition to receive a swift punishment. Even now, the
لَمَ‏ ا حَالَ‏ الحَْ‏ وْ‏ لُ‏ words 25 can still be found in the Hadith,
where the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him, has said that the Christians of
Najran, out of fear, retreated from engaging in a prayerduel,
but if they had taken up such a contest, they would
have perished before the year had passed.
Thus, in this Hadith the Holy Prophet, peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him, has himself declared a
period of up to one year as a condition for a prayer-duel.
Thus, until the day of resurrection, the practice which
accords with the Sunnah is that Muslims are to honour
the words of this Hadith and set a period of no less than
one year for a prayer-duel. In fact, the men of God and
those who have recognised the truth, and who are
themselves the Signs of Allah on earth by being forever
heirs to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him, are also blessed with this miracle. If a
Christian who believes in the divinity of Jesus, on whom
be peace, 26 or any other polytheist who holds another
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A year would not have elapsed... [Publisher]
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It is proven from the Gospel that the blessing of showing a sign was
present in the Christian faith during the time of the Messiah. Rather,
to display a sign was the hallmark of a true Christian. However, since
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