Life of Ahmad — Page 158
ADDRESSES THE A RYA SAM A J as 158 'To speak the truth this book ( Surma Chashm A rya ) has completely exposed the A rya Sam a j. It has destroyed the Sam a j. It is only true and just to say that it is impossible to refute the conclusive arguments given in the book. ' Maulaw i Muhammad Husain devoted about 14 pages of his paper Ish a ‘atus-Sunnah Vol. 9 No. 5 and No. 6, pp. 145-158) to this book and instead of reviewing it he gave quotations which he said spoke for themselves. He asked every Muslim to buy ten or twenty copies of the book for distribution amongst the Hindus so that the hostile activities of the A rya Sam a j against Islam might be checked. Still another leaflet was issued after the publication of Surma Chashm A rya in which Ahmad as suggested another method of settling religious disputes. The enemies of Islam should select two or three cardinal objections against Islam, which in their opinion were absolutely unanswerable. Ahmad as would then vindicate Islam on those very points; and if he failed to answer satisfactorily the objections raised, he would pay damages at the rate of Rs. 50 per objection. But, he declared, it would be essential for such an opponent to become Muslim if Ahmad as succeeded in answering the objections. 33 33 Ahmad as was also writing a book entitled Sir a j-e-Mun i r in which he drew the attention of the people towards heavenly signs and wanted to publish it after the Surma Chashm A rya. The estimated cost of producing 2,000 copies of this book was about Rs. 2,000. But as there was no printing press at Qadian, he had to go to Amritsar and Lahore for the printing of his books which entailed great expense, labour and energy. The paper required