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FATHER OF GOD. The third unsubstantiated allegation made against Hadhrat. Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas is that he claimed to be the father of. God. In this instance, his critics misquote another of his revelations: 'We reveal to you the glad tidings of a son who would be the manifestation of Elevation and the Truth [Haq] as if God would himself descend from heaven. '48. While one does not necessarily accept that the above citation is a perfectly faithful and linguistically correct translation of the passage in Hadhrat Ahmad's as original work, one still fails to see on what basis even a novice of languages and science of logical deduction could come to such a conclusion that on the basis of this revelation, albeit incorrectly cited, the son of Hadhrat. Ahmadas is claimed to be God and therefore Hadhrat Ahmadas has to be the father of God. " If the author of this extremely naive deduction would have referred to the text of his own misquoted citation, he may have yet discovered that, in the first instance, the son spoken of in this revelation was not to be God in Person but 'the manifestation of Elevation and the Truth' i. e. , someone who, in his own person, exhibits the attributes of. God. Hence, the son in question is not being called God but merely a manifestation of Him. This is also indicated by the use of the words as if in the antagonist's own citation which, once again, establishes that the Promised Son was not called God. On the contrary, it was stated that his advent would be as if God. Himself had descended from heaven. . A claim of such manifestation of God Almighty in the person of His righteous servants has not been unknown to religious vocabulary. The figurative descent of God in the person of His chosen servants is a part of the Biblical vocabulary. Hence, the 48. Irfani, Abu Bashir al. The Cunning Chameleon, p. 13 74 49. Ibid.