The Holy War — Page 110
110 27 May 1893 Statement of DEPUTY Abdullah Atham First— Concerning the path to salvation and the Signs of those who have achieved the salvation that Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] sahib has stated, we have already mentioned that a full debate of this issue shall start the beginning of next week. We would like, however, to mention here that your definition of the word salvation is incomplete. It was not necessary for you to describe the Christian method of salvation as artificial, unnatural, and false. In any case, we shall examine what you have said presently when it is our turn to raise objections. Second— We have answered fully, with room to spare, concerning the verses of John 10 that were presented. Instead of demonstrating some fault with the answer, you have continued just to repeat the verse, as if repetition is sufficient and a lengthy discourse somehow establishes the truth. In John 10:36, where the words وصخمص [ makh sus— sanctified] , and ج ا وہا ی ج � [ bheij a -hu’ a —one who is sent], have been translated, we have explained that the actual word corresponding to makh sus , in the original language, means ‘sanctified’, and bheij a -hu’ a , is indic- ative of what he said, that, ‘I am heavenly and you are earthly. ’ In all the references you have given, this word is not used in respect of any other saintly person. In the lines of Isaiah 13:3, the word is