Life of Ahmad — Page 252
THE PHARISEE OF BATALA as 252 should also take place so that the matter be settled with them. Muhammad Husain wanted to hold a discussion with Ahmad as in the presence of other mullahs, an idea which Ahmad as did not very much like. He wrote to Muhammad Husain, 'It seems idle to have a discussion because God has vouchsafed to me knowledge which I cannot ignore. In the same way you are not a man who would give up your ideas. I have been shown a way which cannot come under discussion; and believing is not seeing. I can of course attend the meeting of divines with the idea that God might draw the heart of any of those who are present towards the truth which He has shown to me. So I can attend if you agree, to the following: 1. The meeting should not be confined to a few mullahs who claim leadership for themselves because they will not be pleased with me unless and until I follow their ideas and their own peculiar opinions. To them my answer every time is: "Verily the guidance of Allah is the only real guidance". If this is going to be a public meeting to some extent, then it is possible that the heart of anyone might turn towards the truth and I might be rewarded for it. So I would like this meeting not to be confined to a few mullahs.