Life of Ahmad — Page 415
as CHRISTIAN VITUPERATION 415 while I am with it 97. Hence, there is no one else like me in respect of the help that I have rendered to the British Government, which will find it out soon if it has any insight into people. ' Then he answered the objections raised by the native Christians against the Quran and Islam. His writings, in beautiful Arabic, were an open challenge to all those who called themselves Maulaw i s. They all smarted from the pressure of Ahmad’s as unequalled Divine learning, rhetoric, eloquence and vigour. They tried in vain to pick holes in his grammar but the time limit fixed by Ahmad as elapsed and none of his opponents came forward; they could produce nothing at all which might stand comparison with Ahmad’s as marvellous work. Their ignorance was colossal and they were all utterly exposed. The Scribes and Pharisees were brought low and Ahmad’s as prestige went up. 97 The truth of these words has been established by subsequent events.