The Holy War — Page 31
Proceedings—Debate 23 May 1893 31 Then He states at another place: 1 ِكِلٰم ِمْوَي ِنْيِّدلا۰۰ ِنٰمْحَّرلا ِمْيِحَّرلا۰۰ --- ُدْمَحْلَا ِهّٰلِل ِّبَر َنْيِمَلٰعْلا۰۰ Meaning that all praise belongs to Allah, who is Lord of all the worlds. That is to say, His Lordship encompasses all the worlds. Then at another place, He states: 2 َو َوُه ِّلُكِب ٍقْلَخ ٌمْيِلَع۰۰ Meaning that He knows every way of bringing about creation. The few prophecies that Deputy Abdullah [Atham] has presented in support of his claim are totally against our stipulation. In our stipu- lation is included the statement that every single claim and argument must be presented by the Revealed Book itself. Moreover, Deputy [Abdullah Atham] sahib is well aware that these prophecies are simply thrust upon the Messiah as by way of force. They are not the calibre of prophecies that—in the first instance—the Messiah as himself narrated in full and then ascribed to his person as confirmation of his truth, and the commentators were even in agree- ment upon this; and, furthermore, that they should be proven to be exactly so in the actual Hebrew language. Providing these proofs is your responsibility. Until you prove these things with the specified assiduousness, your statement will remain like a claim which itself needs proof because we do not agree with you regarding the accuracy of these prophecies, nor in the accuracy of the interpretations, nor—indeed—the accuracy of the actual intent of the Messiah as ; yet you claim them to be accu- rate. Thus, it is incumbent upon you that you clarify all the steps in a perfectly crystal clear manner so that it becomes proven that in the 1. S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:2–4 [Publisher] 2. S u rah Y a S i n, 36:8o [Publisher]