The Holy War — Page 224
224 2 June 1893 CE Time 7:40 Statement of DEPUTY Abdullah Atham The answer, first, is that I did not say that he is the manifes- tation of Allah; on the contrary, I said that the second Person of the Godhead and humanity remained linked with each other. He became the manifestation of Allah when he became the Messiah; in other words, at the age of 30 years. Second: Ample proof on the issue of Trinity has been given through logic regarding its possibility and through the Word of God regarding its occurrence. If you do not accept this, then every- one can judge for themselves after it is published. Third: Did the Holy Spirit ever descend on any other Prophet in the form of a dove? Then you give no proof of any other Prophet who was equal to him, and present an unjust argument. Fourth: The verse that I have presented by way of evidence contained an account of the Muslims saying that, ‘Do we even have any affair in our hand?’ The reply given to this was that, ‘All affairs are in the hand of Allah. ’ The meaning of ‘governance’ that you, Sir, have given to the Arabic word امر [ amr ], the plural of which is, امور [ um u r ], that too is an example of amr; that is to say, some affair. So the meaning is that every matter is in the hand of God. This defi- nitely constitutes interference in the free exercise of choice by man. Honourable Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] sahib! The references that you give of things created and the similitude of fields and water