Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 497
Reply to the doubts raised by ‘Al-Khi ta bul-Mal ih f i Ta h q i qil-Mahd i wal-Mas ih ’— A Collection of Maulaw i Rash i d Ahmad Gangoh i ’s Absurdities In this book, the author has tried desperately to disprove my claim. And, to lend weight to his viewpoint, he has used much that is contrary to the facts. This book is utterly untenable, baseless, and full of absurd notions and fabrications. I know that there is no need to refute it at all, and anyone who has basic knowledge of the Holy Quran and Hadith does not require a refutation to be written; however, since I have heard that Maulaw i Rash i d’s followers in the vicinity of Saharanpur hold this book in great esteem and read it with much reverence—considering it to be a memorable relic of his lifetime—I thought it appropriate that, in order to save such people from being misled, answers be given to some of the more significant objections that have caused the ignorant and unlearned people of that area to fall into a pit of misguidance and take pride in this book, which is a compilation of falsehoods. In order to open up a straight path for seekers after truth, I deem it appropriate to describe briefly the real issue that is the basis of dispute. It is that my opponents, Maulaw i Rash i d Ahmad included among them, hold the belief that Hadrat ‘ I s a [ Jesus], may peace be upon him, has not