Favours of the Gracious God — Page 29
29 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS from the opponents. This is a method by which a clear decision would be reached and in addition, one would be able to gauge the degree of eloquence and fluency of any language. In addition, in order to show evidence of a system of root words it would be imperative for every contender to not just present various examples of roots, rather he must present them in the form of those essays which are required to be penned in competition to my treatises. Thus, in this scholarly debate no ignorant person devoid of knowledge will be able to interfere. For instance, previously, the followers of Arya Samaj had propped up a most contemptible, foolish, exceedingly dim-witted and ignorant Hindu by the name of Lekhram to contend against Islam. He would execute this task only by resorting to vile abuse and, by becoming a tool of the Christians, he used to raise their absurd objections which the ignorant among them had advanced against Islam. This shall not occur in this debate as this is a scholarly discussion; there will now be no opportunity for such a misbegotten, vile-natured, wicked, and simultaneously an immensely ignorant and unlearned individual to speak, and people will see for themselves what the true nature of these people was. Here I cannot keep myself from expressing gratitude to