A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 56
56 A critical Review of the Pamphlet—‘f a te h -e-Qadian’ When books are spread abroad. 30 The Promised Messiah as , the one commissioned by God was granted the miracle of knowledge and publications as proof of his prophethood. Among these, I‘j a zul-Mas ih is a splendid sign. These people have been helpless against this sign of the Promised Messiah as , and they speak like the chiefs of Mecca when they were helpless against the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. The Holy Quran cites them as saying: What is the matter with this Messenger that he eats food, and walks in the streets? 31 In the present case, [Musht a q] Chisht i objects on the prophethood of the Promsied Messiah as , calling him a strange Prophet who writes a book; as though to write a book is an awful and objectionable thing for a Prophet. As far as the reading and writing of a Prophet is concerned, it is a distinctive feature of our Lord and Master, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , that he was unlettered. Apart from him, however, you will not find any mention of this distinctive feature in any other Prophet. Instead, regarding David [ Hadrat D a w u d as ], Moses [ Hadrat M u sa as ] and Jesus [ Hadrat ‘ I s a as ] you will find stated in a 30 S u rah at-Takw i r 81:11 31 S u rah al-Furq a n 25:8