The Conclusive Argument — Page 69
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 69 written this book, is that the maulaw i , with a view to pleasing the people, has stated in his book that he would offer 1,000 rupees if I would disprove his arguments regarding the Messiah being alive. His arguments are there for all to see! The maulaw i has needlessly blackened some pages only to expose his long-concealed flaws. He has written such absurdities that, except for two labels, I cannot suggest any third for them; i. e. either they are mere claims and to call them arguments is gratuitous and foolish, or they are alterations of the Holy Quran in the manner of the Jews, and nothing more. It seems that he, too, is convinced in his heart that his book has no substance. That is why, in order to hide this fact, he says at the end of the book that it will not be understood unless someone learns it from him by taking regular lessons. Why did he say so? Only because he knew that his book was empty noise, devoid of conclusive arguments, and those who possess any sense will surely come to know that it has no merit. So, by way of imposing an impossible condition, he said that the arguments he wrote are so hidden that not everyone can appreciate them and his tongue alone will remain the key to them. Unless someone stays at his residence for a period of time and learns this collection of rub- bish in regular lessons from him as a disciple, it is not possible to gain anything worthwhile from these confused pages. O loud- mouthed Maulaw i ! If your arguments are so hidden and concealed in darkness that they cannot demonstrate their existence like a liv- ing proof in your book, then why compose a book of such rubbish and absurdity at all? Since you knew that your arguments were so worthless and incoherent that they made no sense without your verbal gibberish, it was no use writing such a book. In fact, to call them arguments is inappropriate, shameful, and plain nonsense.