The Truth Revealed — Page 1
1 h H a i a The American Mission Press, Ludhiana, recently published a disparaging advertisement about me on behalf of Dr. Henry Martyn Clarke M. D. the medical missionary of Am- ritsar on 12 May, 1893. This announcement was, in a sense, also an expression of gratitude to the renowned Maulaw i Shaikh Muhammad H ussain of %DWDOD. The Chris- tians were indeed beholden to him for the following rea- son: Dr. Clarke had agreed to meet me in a debate in order to inquire into Islam and Christianity and distinguish truth from falsehood. But after ruminating over his decision he was greatly perturbed. This was perhaps hardly surpris- ing; in truth, when a doctrine like the one of taking a mor- tal for a God is closely scrutinised, its adherents always experience convulsions. God is God and man is man. What likeness do dust and ash have with the Holy and Omnipo- tent Lord? Thus the clergy were disquieted, lest the falsity 1 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. We praise Allah and invoke His blessings upon His noble Messenger sa. [Publishers]