paarsurrey
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The Challenge*
I hereby make a legal and binding declaration and a pledge warranted by the shariah, inviting anyone from among the disbelievers to prove, on the basis of arguments derived from his own Revealed Book, that it is equal in status to the Holy Quran in respect of all the arguments that we have produced* from our Holy Book in support of its own truth and the truth of the Prophet-hood of Hadrat Khatamul-Anbiya’ [the Seal of the Prophets], may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; or, if he cannot advance arguments equal in number to our arguments, he can produce from his own scripture at least half of them, or one-third of them, or one-fourth of them, or one-fifth of them. Or, if he is totally incapable of doing any of this, he can at least refute my arguments one by one. In either case, I, the publisher of this announcement, shall, without resorting to any kind of excuse, give to the one who duly responds to this challenge the possession and the right to make use of my property worth ten thousand rupees, provided that three judges, acceptable to both parties, unanimously give the verdict that the conditions [laid down for the contest] have been duly met. Let it be clear, however, that if he is unable to advance rational arguments from his own scripture, or if he, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the announcement, fails to put forward even one fifth of the arguments, he will have to make a written submission, in clear and unequivocal terms, that the inadequacy and irrationality of his scripture has rendered him incapable of fulfilling this clause. If, however, he does advance the required number of arguments, he should keep in mind that the permission to advance up to one fifth of the arguments does not mean that he can advance one-half or one-third or one fourth or one-fifth of the total number of arguments. This condition rather applies to each category of arguments—he will have to advance one-half or one-third or one-fourth or one-fifth of the arguments from each category.
"Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya-Part-1" Page:47-50 *by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
http://www.alislam.org/library/books/Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya-Parts1-2.pdf
~Ten thousand rupees was the total value of the property of the author in 1879. [Publishers]
I hereby make a legal and binding declaration and a pledge warranted by the shariah, inviting anyone from among the disbelievers to prove, on the basis of arguments derived from his own Revealed Book, that it is equal in status to the Holy Quran in respect of all the arguments that we have produced* from our Holy Book in support of its own truth and the truth of the Prophet-hood of Hadrat Khatamul-Anbiya’ [the Seal of the Prophets], may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; or, if he cannot advance arguments equal in number to our arguments, he can produce from his own scripture at least half of them, or one-third of them, or one-fourth of them, or one-fifth of them. Or, if he is totally incapable of doing any of this, he can at least refute my arguments one by one. In either case, I, the publisher of this announcement, shall, without resorting to any kind of excuse, give to the one who duly responds to this challenge the possession and the right to make use of my property worth ten thousand rupees, provided that three judges, acceptable to both parties, unanimously give the verdict that the conditions [laid down for the contest] have been duly met. Let it be clear, however, that if he is unable to advance rational arguments from his own scripture, or if he, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the announcement, fails to put forward even one fifth of the arguments, he will have to make a written submission, in clear and unequivocal terms, that the inadequacy and irrationality of his scripture has rendered him incapable of fulfilling this clause. If, however, he does advance the required number of arguments, he should keep in mind that the permission to advance up to one fifth of the arguments does not mean that he can advance one-half or one-third or one fourth or one-fifth of the total number of arguments. This condition rather applies to each category of arguments—he will have to advance one-half or one-third or one-fourth or one-fifth of the arguments from each category.
"Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya-Part-1" Page:47-50 *by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
http://www.alislam.org/library/books/Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya-Parts1-2.pdf
~Ten thousand rupees was the total value of the property of the author in 1879. [Publishers]
2.Please access the above link to see the challenge and the conditions in full.
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