Life of Ahmad — Page 262
THE PHARISEE OF BATALA as 262 was against the Holy Quran and Hadith and I had failed to refute your arguments in writing, then you could have shown yourself to be in the right in the eyes of the audience; and in your words I would have recanted from the Revelation. But only God knows why you were anxious not to choose the right course. Anyhow, begin now to write a refutation of my book Iz a la’-e-Auh a m and the people will judge for themselves. ' In the meantime the mullahs of Ludhiana—Abdullah, Abdul ‘Az i z, Musht a q Ahmad, and Shah D i n—began to run down Ahmad as in their sermons and often challenged him from their pulpits to hold a discussion with them on the subject of the death of Jesus as. Ahmad as , therefore, issued a leaflet on May 3rd, 1891, from Iqbal Ganj, Ludhiana, in which he accepted their challenge but suggested that the debate should be conducted on the following lines: 1. It should take place in the house of a prominent person of the town. A disinterested European or a Hindu official, accompanied by a few constables, should be present. 2. A non-Muslim clerk should be employed to reduce to writing the questions and answers of the parties. Equal time and an equal number of questions should be allowed to each party. 3. The papers should be confined to the subject under discussion. Irrelavancies and interruptions should be avoided and condemned.