Reply to a Mockery — Page 53
Response to the booklet entitled Ilh a m i Girgit 53 وھچڑو وک ذرک ےک ی رم� انب ؐ ےہ ِ ادمح الغم رتہب ےس اس Speak no more of Ibn Maryam [the son of Mary], Superior to him is Ghulam-e-Ahmad s as [the servant of Ahmad s as ] ( D a fi‘ul-Bal a ’i wa Mi‘y a ru Ahlil-I st if a ’ , Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 18, p. 233; Defence Against the Plague & A Criterion for the Elect of God , English ed. 2015, p. 36) Maulaw i Sahib objects to Hadrat Mirza Sahib’s claim of being superior to Jesus as. On page 23 of his pamphlet, Maulaw i Sahib reproduces an excerpt from Haqiqatul-Wahi , and as an objection gives it the title, ‘I am better than all the Prophets apart from Muhammad s as. ’ The excerpt is as follows: The truth is that He has caused a river of miracles to flow and—with the sole exception of our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—it is impossi- ble to find categorical evidence of so many miracles being shown by any of the past Prophets, may peace be upon them. For His part, God has incontrovertibly established the point. It is now up to the people to accept it or not. (Epilogue Haqiqatul-Wahi , Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 22, p. 574; Haqiqatul-Wahi , English ed. 2018, p. 720) Respected readers! According to Maulaw i Abul Bashir, these words represent the utmost in infidelity. Here we would like the