Truth About the Split — Page 8
8 they might have remembered that there is a difference between the two Messiahs as. The first was a representative of the Mosaic dispensation, while the latter was a representative of the Islamic dispensation, which is superior to the Mosaic dispensation. The first Messiah was put on the Cross but the second Messiah was saved from any such humiliation. Similarly, unlike the disciples of the first Messiah, the disciples of the second will be saved from all designs to turn them from the path of truth. Strong Language used by Maulaw i Muhammad Ali After explaining my object in publishing the present work and before I enter upon my subject proper, I cannot help expressing my regret at the fact that the Maulawi Sahib has not been able to discard his habitual incivility. In all his writings against me published hitherto in Urdu, his language has been offensive to a degree. 1 On the other hand, in all my 1 A few instances may be quoted by way of illustration. They will show the general nature of Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s mode of expression. In An- Nubuwwat fil Islam on page 314 he writes, "Miya ń Sahib (i. e. the present writer) says that the parents of the Holy Prophet sa had not given him the name of Ahmad sa. In the first place the statement is a lie. The fact has been admitted by the Promised Messiah as himself. "In another place Maulawi Muhammad Ali says, "It is foolish to say that the prophecy does not refer to the Holy Prophet sa ". On page 319 he writes about me: "He made this false statement in the Haqiqat-un-Nubuwwat , that he knew the fact even then. He