The Verdict of the Quran and Sunnah — Page vii
Preface In 1991, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community published an Urdu booklet entitled, Fai s alah Qur’ a n-o-Sunnat k a Chalei G a , Kis i Airay Gharay k a Nah in. The present work, The Verdict of the Holy Quran and Sunnah is an English rendering of that booklet. The original work was written as a point-by-point rebuttal of numerous allegations levelled against the Community in a booklet published by Majlis Ta h affuz-e-Khatm-e-Nubuwwat entitled, Fai s alah A p Karei n [ Judge for Yourself ]. Abdut-Ra h m a n Y a q u b B a w a , a maulav i of the Deoband i sect and author of that booklet, records statements of the Promised Messiah, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian, his Khulaf a ’ (Successors), and other Ahmadi Muslims out of their context in order to attack the Community. He does so, ostensibly, to defend the honour of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Ironically, however, scholars at an historic debate held in Jhang, Pakistan, concluded that it was B a w a Sahib’s own sect of Deoband i s that was judged to be most in contempt of the high status of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa.