The Holy War — Page 57
Proceedings—Debate 24 May 1893 57 mouths of Christians; what sentence can be clearer and what other interpretation can there be of such a sentence as Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil ? Looking at this sentence through the lexicon and logical terminologies, and the grammatical and morphological meanings, this statement meets all these standards. The use of the plural for the respect that Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Bahadur has mentioned regarding Elohim—can the gentleman show us from anywhere in nature or in events, if ever, in any proper name as well, there can be shown respect or disrespect? Can the name of Sir Syed be Sir Syed Ahmadan ? If this is not mere decep- tion then what is it? Sir Syed Ahmad says that in Ba’al i m and Istraf i m the use of ی [ y a ] and م [ m i m ] is for respect. This is not just false; it is, in fact, the highest form of falsehood. Since these were fictitious idols—not real persons—and were worshipped as idols in various places, so there were many idols, and for this reason, there was plurality expressed in their names. Just as statues of Krishna and Ramchandra come from Jasmeer and it is said that they are dealers of Ramchandras and Krishnas. In short, in a proper name, there is nothing of respect or disrespect. Third— A matter that is beyond perception of its existence is wis- dom—we shall present and prove its occurrence from the Divine Word. So, we have clearly presented the issues of the Divinity of Christ and the ‘Trinity in Unity’ from the revealed Books, and we have also shown its possibility logically. So now, no further burden of proof remains upon us. Fourth— The explanation of a revelation should be through rev- elation itself. In this matter, your statement was correct to a great extent and best, because if a revelation seems at some place to be too concise or confusing, then another place in the revelation can serve