Khalifatul-Masih III - Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad — Page 49
Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad 49 on 22 and 23 July 1974. He was cross-examined for eleven days (from 5-9 July and from 15-20 July) and he continued to counter all objections. An opponent named Mufti Mahmood Ahmad was the leader of the opposition. An account of his was thus published in a magazine called Laulaak from Lyallpur: “When Mirza Nasir Ahmad entered the Assembly Hall, he was dressed in Kameez, Shalwar, and Sherwani. He was wearing a huge turban and had a white beard. The members, upon seeing this, asked ‘Is this the face of an infidel?’ And when he spoke, he would recite verses of the Holy Qur’an and whenever he took the name of the Holy Prophet sas he would also recite the Durood. At this the members stared at me (in disbelief ) that he reads the Qur’an and recites Durood with the name of the Holy Prophet sas and you call him an infidel?” 34 Allah had promised that He suffices for the ones mocking; Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih III rta was able to answer every kind of question in whichever manner it was asked in such a way that it left the inquirer speechless and ashamed. Thus, Divine help and assistance continuously favoured him throughout. Huzoor rta said on one occasion: “They cross-examined me for 52 hours and 10 minutes, and for (the full) 52 hours and 10 minutes I found God’s angels standing