Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 212
212 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad God, not a single word is uttered by way of prophecy in relation to this man. In fact, what he ought to have done was write a will stating that after him Paul would be the custodian of his religion. But when this is not the case, what right does Paul have to assume the seat of a religious jurist on his own accord? Where did he receive this certificate from in the first place? This is why what we have at present is not the Christian faith, but rather a Pauline invention. So, truth and sincerity is an invaluable bounty for whomever is given it by God. In short, God knows best and I swear on oath that I am filled with goodwill even for my greatest enemy. If only one would listen to my words. I ask you to ponder over everything I have said and if there is anything further on these points, state them freely. ” On this, His Holiness as brought his address to a close, at which point my hum - ble self, the editor of Al-Hakam, submitted that in a speech, Mr Abdul-Haqq Sahib made reference to a statement of Imad-ud-Din in order to prove the con - cept of the Trinity, where he said that Muslims wash their hands three times when performing their ablution, which is a proof in favour of Trinity, and if His Holiness as would comment on this. The Promised Messiah as said: “These are abso - lutely absurd and baseless comments. With this sort of evidence one could make as many gods as they like. Reverend Rajab Ali wrote a review on these comments of Imad-ud-Din and he has raised a great hue and cry that these sorts of argu - ments are an insult to Christianity. Since Rajab Ali possessed a satirical nature, he wrote that Imad-ud-Din had forgotten to mention another proof in favour of the Trinity, and then he gave an example that is inappropriate to mention. He has written that Imad-ud-Din was an utterly ignorant man. I asked him to simply explain the meaning of an Urdu passage once, but he could not respond. To this day, he has failed to provide a rebuttal to my book Nur-ul-Haqq, even though I offered a reward of 5,000 rupees for doing so. It is embarrassing to even present these sorts of comments. Look here, in the end eve - ryone must die, so one ought to fear God. In the matter of religion, deep reflec - tion and contemplation is needed, and then God’s grace. ” 1 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 6, no. 7, dated 21 February 1902, pp. 3-5 p. 478