Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 155
Footnote Number Eleven 155 invalidate whatever proof I had given in my book supporting the need for divine revelation and its existence. But the Pundit is well aware that I sent him two registered letters, one after the other, with the intent that if he entertains any reserva- tions regarding the practice of Allah—that He actually does speak and converse with some of His servants and informs them of such facts and such knowledge through His special Word, whose lofty eminence tran- scends the reach of thoughts that originate in the limited human imag- ination—then he should stay with my humble self for a few days with sincerity and patience to witness for himself the phenomenon which he regards impossible, impractical, and contrary to the laws of nature, and then, like the truthful, adopt the path that is an essential require- ment of a truthful man’s truth and a sign of his inner purity. It is a pity that although the Pundit has adopted the life of sany a s [asceticism], he shows complete disregard for the very first sign of true sany a s by not accepting this proposal like a true seeker. Rather, in his response, he made some comments about the Holy Quran which could never flow forth from the pen of one who truly fears God. It appears that the Pundit not only rejects divine truth, but also harbours enmity towards it. Otherwise, when strong arguments based on reason and factual evidence have been given for the reality of the existence of the revelations from God, and all kinds of doubts have been rooted out, and when my humble self stands ready to satisfy and reassure in every way, what could be the reason that stops the Pundit from accepting the truth, other than malice and personal enmity? Now let us see what objections the Pundit puts forward against my own research. First of all, he says that the Brahm u people do believe in revelation, but only to the extent of its real meanings and the natural way [of its coming about]. Then he gives an explanation of ‘the natural way’ and says that it does not consist of any fixed and definite set of words which descend upon one’s heart in a miraculous way and com- prise such matters as are above and beyond human powers. Rather, they are ordinary thoughts from God that pass through everyone’s mind in