The Conclusive Argument — Page 25
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 25 the liar and his mischief, and to show his horde all that they were heedless of. His [offer of ] prize [money] turned cattle-like people into sav- ages and his announcement befud- dled the hyena-like people so that they could not understand the malevolence of his discourse and the infirmity of his attack. They took his mirage to be a sweet-flow- ing spring. I had pledged myself to pay attention only to important issues and not to waste time in every argument and debate. I found his [Rusul Baba’s] book full of ignorance, laden with gibberish, comprised of the stu- pidity of his nature, and a subject of innate wretchedness. The scar- city of my time and the magna- nimity of my ambition prevented me from staining my hands with the blood of this worm, lest I be distracted from the real purpose. But I found that this man was mis- leading every ignorant and foolish person by his offer of prize money ونمزّق الكذّاب وبلواه، ونُري جنوده ما كانوا عنه غافلین. َ فإن إنعامه أوحش َ الذین هم كاالٔنعام، وإعالمه أوهش بعض َ العَیْالم، وما علموا خبث وحسبوا صوله، وضعف ُ قوله سرابه كماء معین. وكنت ُ آلیت ّ إلی أمر ذي ال أن ال أتوجّه إ لكل الوقت أضیع وال بال، مناضل ونضال، ورأیت ُ تألیفه مملوّا من الجهالت، ومشحونًا من الخزعبالت، ومجموعًا من من وموضوعًا الغباوة، دیدن قر یحة الشقاوة، فمنعتني عزّة وقتي وجاللة همّتي أن ألطّخ یدي ّ بدم هذا الدود، وأبعد عن أمر المقصود، ولكني رأیت أنه یخدع كل َّ غمر جاهل بإراءة