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Proceedings—Debate 27 May 1893 119 may eradicate those evils. Had the Jews possessed a Perfect Teaching, they would certainly not have made their teachers and priests into gods in contravention to the Laws of the Torah. This shows that they needed a Perfect Teaching just as the Messiah as too had affirmed that, ‘I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. ’ Here, the Christians take the words ‘Spirit of Truth’ to mean the Holy Spirit, and do not pay attention to the fact that according to them, the Holy Spirit is God, and so, who will he hear from? Whereas the words of the prophecy are, ‘whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak. ’ Now, again turning back to the earlier topic, we say that Deputy sahib was unable to present any logical argument from the Bible about the Divinity of the Messiah. However, we shall present another argu- ment from the Noble Quran where Allah, the Lord of Glory , says: ُهّٰللَا ْيِذَّلا ْمُكَقَلَخ َّمُث ْمُكَقَزَر َّمُث ْمُكُتْيِمُي َّمُث ْمُكْيِيْحُي ْلَه ْنِم ْمُكِٕىٓاَكَرُش ْنَّم ُلَعْفَّي ْنِم ْمُكِلٰذ ْنِّم 1 (Part 21, Ruk u ‘ 7)— ٍءْيَش ٗهَنٰحْبُس َو ىٰلٰعَت اَّمَع َنْوُكِرْشُي۰۰ Meaning that: it is Allah Who has created you, and then He has pro- vided for you; then, He will cause you to die and then He will bring you to life. Is there any of your so-called associate-gods, who are from among the human beings, who can do any of these things? Holy is God from the calumny that the idolaters ascribe to Him. Then Allah further states: ْمَا اْوُلَعَج ِهّٰلِل َءٓاَكَرُش اْوُقَلَخ ٖهِقْلَخَك َهَباَشَتَف ُقْلَخْلا ْمِهْيَلَع ِلُق ُهّٰللا ُقِلاَخ ِّلُك ٍءْيَش َّو َوُه ُدِحاَوْلا 2 ُراَّهَقْلا۰۰ 1. S u rah ar-R u m, 30:41 [Publisher] 2. S u rah ar-Ra‘d, 13:17 [Publisher]