The Conclusive Argument — Page viii
FOREWORD Maulawi Ghulam Rasul, alias Rusul Baba of Amritsar, was one of the bitterest opponents of the Promised Messiah, peace be on him. He is one of the primary opponents named by the Promised Messiahas in his book Anjām-e-Atham (The Death of Atham). Rusul Baba wrote a book called Hayātul-Masih, in which he made a vain attempt to prove that Jesusas remains alive in the heavens with his corporeal body. He also promised a reward of Rs. 1,000 to anyone who could refute his arguments. This treatise of the Promised Messiahas was written in June 1894 to categorically refute Rusul Baba's book. The Promised Messiahas presents com- prehensive arguments based upon the Holy Quran, the Hadith of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, and the writings of eminent Muslim scholars that prove the death of Jesusas. He also demanded that the prize money, announced by Rusul Baba, be deposited with a neutral party. The Promised Messiahas addressed the ulema of Islam and sent this treatise to several of the nobility in Amritsar as well as to Muhammad Husain Batalavi, who was the chief instigator of issuing edicts