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