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then the question which one would ask him here is whether our beloved master, the Prophet of Islam, Hadhrat Muhammad. Mustaphas received and completed his education to be called an a'lim or completed a course of mufti to be qualified to issue fatwa or even gave his hand in the hand of a spiritual guide? If so, then how would the author of Two in One explain the following passage of the Holy Quran in relation to Hadhrat. Muhammadsa: 'Those who follow the Apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures). ' $202. A verse to the similar effect can also be found elsewhere in the. Holy Quran 203 on the basis of which the entire Muslim ummah claims that Hadhrat Muhammad sa did not know how to read or write. One would now ask Abdul Hafeez that, if the greatest of messengers sent unto this world by God Almighty, Hadhrat. Muhammads did not go through the discipline of education nor complete a course of mufti or subject himself to a spiritual guide and one does not find this objectionable, then why should he find it objectionable that Hadhrat Ahmadas did not go through a similar discipline?. Hadhrat Ahmad's as adversaries may, to their heart's wont, minimise his superb qualification as an a'lim of excessively high scholastic ability. But, this does not deny the fact that he was considered to be a scholar of incredible genius by his contemporaries. Maulana Abdullah al Imadi, the editor of. Vakeel of Amritsar stated in relation to him: 'Although Mirza Sahib had not received systematic education in current knowledge and theology, yet an assessment of his life shows that he had acquired a unique nature not granted to anyone. By the aid of his own study and his upright nature, he had attained sufficient mastery over religious literature. '204 202. Al Quran. 7. 157. English Translation, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, p, 388 204. Imadi, Maulana Abdullah al. Vakeel, Amritsar, 30 May, 1908 168 203. Al Quran 62. 2