Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 213
THE RENAISSA:NCE OF ISLAM 213 On the publication of its first number Maulvi Muhammad Ali Sahib published the following review of it in the March 1906 number of the Review of Religions (Urdu): The Tashheezul Azhan, a quarterly journal, has started publication from Qadian and its first number has just become available. It is an example of the high resolve of the young men of this Movement. May God bless it. Its annual subscription is 12 annas (5 English pence). The editor of this journal is Mirza Bashirud-Din Mahmud Ahmad, son of the Promised Messiah. This issue of the journal carries an Introduction from his pen extending over 14 pages. It will in any case be read and appreciated by the members of the Community, but I wish to draw the attention of the opponents of the Movement to it as a clear proof of the truth of the Movement. The Sahibzada is only 18 or 19 [actually 17] years old. Everyone is aware of the thoughts and ambitions that inspire the minds of youngsters of that age. If they are college students, their minds are occupied with eagerness for higher education and freedom. Such zeal for the faith and such eagerness in support of Islam as are manifested in these simple words are something out of the ordi- nary. Not only on this occasion but, as I have observed, on every occasion this sincere eagerness of his comes to the surface. . . . It is not a casual matter that the heart of a youngster in his teens should be inspired by such eagerness and ambitions, because that is the age of sports and games, etc. Now inquire from those black-hearted people who call Hazrat Sahib an impostor whence has this true eagerness entered the heart of this young man? Falsehood is utterly foul, its effect should have been also foul and not so pure and bright as has no equal. If a person perpetrates an imposture, he might conceal it from outsiders, but cannot conceal it from his own children, who are in his company all the time and observe every movement of his, listen to every word of his and observe the manifestation of his thoughts on all occasions. Thus where there is imposture, it must become manifest sometime or other to the wife and children of the impostor. 0 ye unfortunate ones, do reflect whether the children of an impostor brought up during the period of his imposture can be like this. Are your hearts not human that thl'Y cannot understand such a verity and are not affected by it? What has happened to your understanding? Do reflect, can one