Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous

by Syed Hasanat Ahmad

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Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 155

Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 154 Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra wrote this book in response to another book, Takzeeb-i- Braaheen-i-Ahmadiyya by Pandit Lekh Raam. The Pandit wrote this homily as a result of the publication of a book, Braaheen-i-Ahmadiyya , published by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , wherein he adduced hundreds of arguments in defence of Islam. He did this to stem the rising tide of attacks on Islam. The Pandit, an inveterate enemy of Islam, launched his book in order to attack Braaheen-i-Ahmadiyya. Hakeem Sahib came in the forefront and published Tasdeeq-i-Braaheen-i- Ahmadiyya. Hakeem Sahib wrote it in his usual persuasive style and polite language. An extract from Tasdeeq-i-Braaheen-i- Ahmadiyya (v. I, pp. 246-247) is reproduced: This wise and rational man cannot even discriminate between legal and illegal, and he believes that the ordinances of doing good and paying Zakat are tales of the past. He is not even aware that these noble tales bear truth and piety. To deal with the abiding truth and noble teachings of Islam, numerous books would fail to do justice. The Holy Qur'an is a treasure of knowledge ready to respond to our needs in situations of the present and of the future. The above extract is reproduced to indicate the noble style used in response to a book full of filth and rubbish. This book, in two volumes, was first published in 1890 in Sialkot. Falsehood of the Divinity of Jesus This book seeks to establish that Jesus Christ was a messenger of God and a human being, not a Son of God. And, to reject the claims of the divinity of Jesus, Hakeem Sahib adduced proofs and verses both from the Bible and the Holy Qur'an. At one place, he stated the case very simply: