The Holy War — Page 100
100 Statement of h a d rat Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] Sahib You presented the excuse regarding the Messiah that he only said, ‘Is it not written in your law, regarding your prophets, that they are gods?’ so that he could extinguish the anger of the Jews. Furthermore, you also stated there that the Messiah gave such an answer by virtue of his human dimension. This statement of yours merits the attention and consideration of fair-minded people. It is clear that the Jews had asked this question citing the statement of the Messiah that, I am the Son of God Almighty, as blasphemy, and deeming him to have— God forbid—committed blasphemy. And in reply to this question, it was, without doubt, the responsibility of the Messiah that if he believed himself to be the Son of God Almighty—not due to his human self, but due to his Divinity—then he should have openly and fully presented his claim, and given them proof of his being the Son of Allah, because at that moment all they wished for was some evidence. But the Messiah did not turn his attention to this and likening himself to other prophets, gave the excuse, and did not fulfil his responsibility which a true preacher and teacher always desires to fulfil. And your statement that وصخمص [ makh sus ] means ‘holy’, cannot establish any distinction for the Messiah, because this word makh sus has been used in your Bible about other Prophets, etc. as well. Look at Isaiah 13:3. And your considering ج ا وہا ی ج � [ bheij a -hu’ a —one who is sent] to imply Divinity is also a strange translation. Look how it is written in 1 Samuel 12:8 that Moses as and Aaron as were ‘sent’. Then in Genesis 45:7 it is written that God has sent me here. Then in Jeremiah 35:13, 44:4 this same verse is present. Now, should we translate these words here also to mean ‘Divinity’? It is sad that you try to distort and twist the