An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 156
156 Background Fate h Mas ih , a Christian missionary, was posted at Fate h garh, District Gurd a sp u r. He wrote two letters to the Promised Messiah as in which he poured abuses upon the Holy Personage of the Founder of Islam. He wrote in a scurrilous manner concerning his marriages, character and the Islamic conception of paradise. In answer to these letters, the Promised Messiah as wrote the second issue of the N u rul-Qur’ a n. It was priced eight annas (equal to a nickel) and covered about 80 pages. Magazine Number II This was originally planned as a quarterly magazine. This was the second issue. Christians had maligned the Holy Prophet sa for a long time by means of the press and the platform. Now, in writing such foul letters, they were certainly going too far. The Promised Messiah as had repeatedly tried to stop it with reasons and persuasion but to no avail. So, he was compelled to retort in defence and retort he did with such crushing effect that the Indian Church was groaning and creaking under the overpowering weight of his reprisal. The Literary Secretary of the National Council of the YMCA of India and Ceylon had to say in anguish: “Ahmad and his editors seem to have surpassed the literature of all ages and nations in so far as it was accessible to them in order to make one mighty and virulent attack to besmirch and belittle the character of Jesus of Nazareth. ” In his preface to the N u rul-Qur’ a n (Number II) , the Promised Messiah as observed: We are sorry to have declared that this issue of the N u rul-Qur’ a n has been published in reply to a man who, instead of observing decency, used abusive language with regard to our master, the Holy Prophet sa and on account of his own foul nature, he has, through clear fabrication, heaped such slanders upon the head of a leader and a