An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 32
32 Background The A ryah Sam a jists attacked a number of miracles mentioned in the Holy Quran, and made fun of these miracles and denied belief therein. They also projected their decadent theories of soul's transmigration. The Book Hadrat Ahmad as undertook to defend the miracles of the moon split in two parts, by quoting that Moksha Parvan of the Mah a Bh a rtah which mentioned the splitting of the moon into two. He discussed at length the meaning and nature of miracles. He stated that miracles are divided into four kinds: intellectual, scientific, spiritual blessings, and apparent interference with known laws of nature. The book also carries the details of a debate Hadrat Ahmad as held with L a lah Murl i Dhar, Drawing Master (an A ryah Sam a jit) Hoshi a rp u r, which took place between March 11 and March 14, 1886. At the end of the book, he invited the whole of the A ryah Sam a j to a comparative study of the Vedas and the Quran and then suggested another way of settling the dispute by engaging in a Mub a halah (Prayer Duel). At the end of the book, he extended an invitation to non-Muslims to come to Qadian in order that he might show them heavenly signs in favour of Islam and he offered to bear all the expenses for any one who was prepared to come and stay with him for a period of at least 40 days. This book carries a number of flyers and supplements. Specimen of Writing. . . God has Vested in him a hidden faculty of receiving revelation. When human reason arrives at the limit of its reach, at that stage God Almighty, for the purpose of leading His true and faithful servants to the perfection of understanding and certainty, guides them through revelation and visions. Thus the stages which reason could not traverse are traversed by means of revelation and visions, and seekers after