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Hadhrat Mosesas, the great Israelite prophet who was brought up as a prince in the palaces of the Egyptian pharaohs and who grew up to be an extremely intelligent person under the eyes of the royal household was still denounced as an imbecile by the. Pharaoh himself who told the Israelite nation: 'Most surely, this Messenger of yours who has been sent to you is a madman. '139. Hadhrat Jesusas was similarly accused of being possessed by the powers of the devil and hence the Pharisees argued against his prophethood on the grounds: 'This fellow doth not cast out devils but by Beelzebub, the prince of devils. '140. The Holy Quran also states that during the age of Prophet. Muhammadsa, the Kuffar of that age considered him to be suffering from madness. 141 Hence, God Almighty asked him to declare: 'Say, I only exhort you to one thing: that you stand up before. Allah in twos and singly and reflect. There is no madness in your companion; he is only a Warner to you of an impending punishment. 1142. A study of Abdul Hafeez's book gives evidence of the fact that he argues against Hadhrat Ahmad's as prophethood on the same grounds on which these disbelievers in the age of earlier prophets argued against the prophethood of God's apostles in their respective times. He accuses Hadhrat Ahmadas of suffering from madness 143 just as the kuffar during the periods of the aforementioned prophets accused them of suffering from madness. He calls upon Ahmadi Muslims to disassociate themselves from their prophet on the alleged ground that 139. Ibid. , 26. 28 140. Matthew 12. 24 143. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 2 141. Al Quran 23. 71 142. Ibid. , 34. 47 153