Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 31
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 31 author of this book is the best of the divines, an accomplished scholar, pride of the Muslims of India, the accepted one of God Almighty, Maulvi Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib, chief of Qadian, district Gurdaspur, Punjab. Allah be praised! What a wonderful compilation this is whose every word proves the truth ofIslam and displays the righteousness of the Quran and of the prophethood of Muhammad. The opponents of Islam have been presented with bright conclusive arguments. Every claim is reasonable and is supported by brilliant arguments of a character so positive that no one can question them and everyone must yield to them provided everyone approaches them with a open and just mind. This is the book which in truth is matchless. The author claims that it cannot be controverted. If anyone writes a reply to it, according to the conditions laid down in the announcement, he would be awarded ten thousand rupees. The truth is that if the opponents of Islam have any fear of God in their hearts they should, after perusing the book, affirm that there is no one worthy of worship save Allah and Muhammad is His righteous Messenger. We affirm with confidence and pride that no reply is possible to this book, indeed not till the day of Judgment. We too urge the opponents of Islam that if they truly believe in their respective religions they should come into the field and write a reply to this book. The author has offered an award of ten thousand rupees to anyone who writes a reply to the book. We, on our part, add one thousand rupees in the same way to this amount. We shall now see whether those of our brethren who are opposed to us will be roused to take up this challenge or will continue to repeat their old slo gans. He continued: Now we address ourselves to our Muslim brethren. This book, Braheen Ahmadiyya, is a peerless publication in its proof of the truth of the Quran and of the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet. The author has proved the truth of Isalm by such positive arguments that every just person would acknowledge that the Quran is the Book of Allah, that the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet is righteous, that Islam is a faith established by God and that a Muslim is instructed in the truth. There is here such a multiplicity of proofs that no way of escape and no possibility of denial has been left open to an opponent. Every argument is clear, every proof is bright. The book is a mirror of faith and is full of the Quran to the brim. It leads to the straight path, it is a torch that