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pace of intellectual discussion beyond a period of two days. Hazrat Mirza. Ghulam Ahmad later published the proceedings of the controversy in his book titled Surma Chashm Arya in which he also drew a comparision between the Holy Quran and the Hindu Vedas. . This excellent book was not only well received by the intellectual elite but it was also widely publicised in the literary circles in India. For instance, the Noor Afshan of Ludhiana stated: 'In truth, this book has completely exposed and destroyed the Arya. Samaj. It would be impossible to refute the arguments set forth in the book. ". A leading member of the Ahle Hadith in India, Maulana Mohammed. Hussain Batalvi devoted some 14 pages of the Ahle Hadith journal to this book and called upon every Muslim to purchase at least ten to twenty copies of the Surma Chasm Arya and distribute them amongst the Hindus so that 'the hostile activities of the Arya Samaj may be curtailed and checked. '8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY MODERN CRITICS. The fact that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad successfully routed the. Hindu challenge is not only acknowledged by his contemporaries but is also admitted by many of his modern critics who confess that he 'refuted the claims of Sanatan Dharam, the Arya Samaj and the Brahm Samaj through rational arguments. ' 8. ALLEGATION OF HINDU SUPPORT THROUGH PEN,. PRESS AND PLATFORM. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's criticism and repudiation of the Hindu doctrines through his book Surma Chasm Arya and its favourable 7. 6th January, 1887 8. Ishaatus Sunnah: Vol. 9. Nos. 56. pg 145/158 9. Rawat, M: Qadianism. An Anti Islamic Conspiracy: Awake, South Africa:. No. 1. Dec 1984: pg 16 31