The Promised Messiah(as) wrote I‘jaz-e-Ahmadi to respond to three bold assertions that Maulawi Sanaullah made during his debate with Ahmadi Muslims in the Indian city of Mudh Bhilowal, District Amirtsar, namely:
All the prophecies of the Promised Messiah(as) proved false;
He was ready for a mubahalah [prayer duel] with the Promised Messiah(as); and
He was capable of writing a book comparable to I‘jazul-Masih, an eloquent Arabic work of the Promised Messiah(as), whenever he desired.
The Promised Messiah(as) wrote the present book in the span of just five days. In it, he rebuts forcefully the assertions made by Maulawi Sanaullah. In addition to the Urdu text, he penned a qasidah (ode) in classical Arabic, which depicted vividly the details of the Mudh Bhilowal debate, and cites numerous Signs manifested by Allah the Exalted for him, and ends with a fervent prayer for the victory of Islam and breaking of the Cross.
The Promised Messiah(as) offered a reward of Rs. 10,000 to Sanaullah and his associates if they could produce a qasidah of the same quality, along with a response to the assertions made by him in prose, in twenty days. The Promised Messiah(as) declares:
If I am true in my claim—and God is well aware that I am true in my claim—it will never be possible for Maulawi Sanaullah and his cohorts to compose a qasidah like the one I have in five days and refute the essay written by me in Urdu. For God will cause their pens to break and their hearts to become inept. (The Miracle of Ahmad, p. 65)
Ahmad Mustansir Qamar performed the initial English translation of this book in Wakalat-e-Tasnif, Rabwah, with help from Syed Tanwir Mujtaba. Please note that the English translation of the Arabic qasidah is based on the idiomatic Urdu translation given in the original book.
The book was finalized and formatted for publication by the English Translation Section (USA) of the Additional Wakalat-e-Tasnif. Valuable services were rendered by al-Haj Munawar Saeed, Naveed Malik, Hassan Khan, Abdul Wahab Mirza, Rawan Mallas, Naeemuddin Tahir, and others. May Allah reward them all. Amin.
Al-Haj Munir-ud-Din Shams
Additional Wakilut-Tasnif, London
July 2019