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himself make any such statement which could even remotely be construed as attributing Divinity to his son. On the contrary, he declared quite categorically that: 'the coming of this son would be a great blessing from God. Almighty. " 164. Hence, in Hadhrat Ahmad's as own mind, this son in relation to whom the revelation under discussion was vouchsafed was to descend from God and was therefore not God Almighty. Himself. Hadhrat Ahmadas also stated that this son: 'would be like a light anointed by God with His perfume and pleasure. 165. This is also a clear indication that the child was to be extraordinarily blessed by God and was not to be Him in. Person. Nevertheless, if these antagonists still insist that their criterion of logical deduction is positively correct, despite an intentional mistranslation of the revelation vouchsafed unto. Hadhrat Ahmadas, then one would ask them as to what they make of the following verse of the Quran: 'It is not ye who slew them; it was God: When thou threwest [a handful of dust]. it was not thy act, but God's: in order that. He might test the believers by a gracious trial from Himself. " 166. This Quranic passage refers to the incident at the battle of Badr when Hadhrat Muhammadsa threw a handful of pebbles and sand at the Meccan army which started a sand storm as a result of which the forces of the infidels were routed and the enemy decimated. 67 Now, if someone not too favourably disposed to. Islam was to adopt the criterion of logical deduction adopted by these antagonists, he could argue that: 64. Ahmad [Hadhrat] Mirza Ghulam. Announcement, 20 February, 1886; Tabligh Risalat, vol. i, p. 60 65. Ibid. 66. Al Quran 8. 17 67. Ali, Abdullah Yusuf. The Holy Quran, Test, Translation & Commentary, f/n. 1191, p. 419 78