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144 Mahzarnama raised by the opponents of Islam, and has silenced them forever. He has demonstrated that the truth is, after all, the truth. And there is no doubt that Mirza Sahib left no stone unturned in the service of Islam by himself being the paragon in the defence of Islam. Justice demands that we must mourn the sudden and untimely death of such a stalwart Defender of Islam and a helper of the Muslims, who was a scintillation of erudition—an irreplaceable scholar. " [ Quoted in Al-Badr, 20 August, 1908, p. 6, col. 1-2 ] Curzon Gazette, Delhi The editor of Curzon Gazette, Mirza Hairet Dehlvi wrote: "The sterling services rendered by the deceased in favour of Islam, against the Aryas and the Christians, are indeed worthy of effusive praise. He completely transformed the style of religious debate, and laid the foundation of modern literature in India. As a Muslim, and also as a researcher, I acknowledge that even the greatest among the great Aryas, or the greatest among the great padres did not have the courage to open his mouth in opposition to the deceased. . . . Although the deceased hailed from the Punjab, yet his pen possessed such power that there is no writer in contemporary Punjab or northern India who could write with such forcefulness. . . . His forceful literature is unique in its majesty, there is no doubt that by reading some of his writings one is thrilled in raptures of ecstacy. . . . " [ Quoted in Silsila-e- Ahmadiyya, p. 189 ] Chaudhary Afzal Haq, Mufakker-e-Ahraar "Before the inception of Arya Samaaj, Islam was a lifeless body which had lost all sensation of the need to proselytise. . . among the various sects of the Muslims, no organization devoted to preaching could be created. But, of course, there was one man with a heart who rose up in anguish at the neglectful behaviour of the Muslim. He created a small group of adherents around him and leaped forward for the propagation and dissemination of