Life of Ahmad — Page 239
239 CHAPTER 22 ANGER OF MULLAHS These books, Fat h -e-Islam and Tau dih -e-Mar a m , roused the ire of the orthodox ministry. Abdul Jabb a r of Amritsar was very angry indeed. Abdul H aq Ghaznavi, a follower of Abdul Jabb a r, challenged Ahmad as to Mub a hala to settle the question of the death of Jesus as , whom they believed to be sitting alive in the heavens in his physical body. He declared on the basis of his 'revelations' that Ahmad as was an infidel and that he would be thrown into hell because he claimed to be the like of Jesus as. This Ishtih a r was widely distributed by the followers of Abdul Jabb a r, and Ahmad as received a copy on February 9th, 1891. So he wrote a letter to Maulaw i Abdul Jabb a r about the challenge, saying that he believed Abdul H aq to be a follower of his. In this letter Ahmad as affirmed that he had claimed to be the Promised Messiah on the basis of direct revelation received from on high. He made it clear that Jesus as had died and could not come again. He admitted the possibility of the advent of other Messiahs also. But so far as his own claim was