Reply to a Mockery — Page 2
2 In his attempts to justify this tall talk, he cites various claims of Hadrat Mirza Sahib. For example, his claim that he is the divine reformer appointed by Allah; that he is a Mujaddid (reformer) and a Mu h addath (recipient of divine revelation) ; that he is the Im a m of this age; that he is Waliyyull a h (friend of Allah), Waliyyur R a hma n (friend of the Gracious Lord); that he is a Nabiyyull a h (Prophet of God); that he is Kh a tamul-Khulaf a ’ (the Seal of the Caliphs); that he is the Promised Messiah, Mahd i (the Guided Leader), recipient of divine revelation, Ras u l (Messenger), and a manifestation of the previous Prophets—i. e. Prophets Adam, Seth, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, and John (may peace be on them all). Similarly, in declaring him- self to be a likeness of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as , he claims to be a fulfilment of the prophecy 1 ۤٗهُمْسا ُدَمْحَا. Thus he claims that he is a reflection of Kh a tamul-Anbiy a ’ (the Seal of the Prophets) and of Ra h matullil-‘ A lam i n (Mercy for all the worlds). Again, he takes on the titles of Krishna, Gopal, King of the Aryas, Am i n-ul-Mulk Jai Singh Bah a dur, and so on. Moreover, for the sole purpose of increasing the number of his allegations, when quoting from Hadrat Mirza Sahib’s writings, Maulaw i Sahib manufactures certain titles and leaves the reader with the impression that those titles were used by Hadrat Mirza Sahib himself. Before lifting the veil from his fraud and deception, we would like to point out to our esteemed readers that in Maulaw i Sahib’s pamphlet, the lineage and personal status of Hadrat Mirza Sahib is also counted as a claim. For example, his being of the Chinese race, of Persian descent, a Barl a s Mughal, a descendant 1. His name will be Ahmad ( S u rah a s - S aff, 61:7).