130. [One Hundred Thirtieth] Sign

In my book Anjam-e-Atham, I invited many opposing maulawis, by name, to a mubahalah [prayer duel], and wrote on page 66 of the book that should any one of them enter into a mubahalah with me, I would pray that some of them may become blind, some may become paralysed, some may become insane, some may die of snakebite, some may meet an untimely death, some may be disgraced, and some may suffer financial loss.

Although all the opposing maulawis were not courageous enough to accept the challenge of a mubahalah, they continued to slander me behind my back, and persisted in their denial. Rashid Ahmad of Gangoh, for instance, has not only invoked [‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars’], but has also called me ‘Satan’ in one of his posters. Ultimately, the result of this was that of all fifty-two opposing maulawis, only twenty have survived thus far, and even they are ensnared by one calamity or another. The rest have all died. Maulawi Rashid Ahmad became blind and later died of snakebite, as was in the prayer of the mubahalah. Maulawi Shah Din died after becoming insane. Maulawi Ghulam Dastagir became a victim of the mubahalah initiated by himself. As for those who are still alive, none of them has escaped the above named calamities, even though they have not yet entered into the mubahalah in the prescribed manner.