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228 canno t say anything against the Holy Qur’an. S urely there has been a misunderstanding. Okay, so i f I bring fifty verses from the Holy Qur’an which show that [Hazrat] Jesus as is alive, will you accept it?” The Promised Messiah as answered, “ Mian Nizam - ud - D in, the Holy Qur’an is the book of Allah, and each word is worth acting upon. There is no question of bringing fifty verses. If you present even one verse, I will accept it. ” Hearing this he said, “I will definitely bring fifty verses. ” The Promised Messiah as reaffirmed , “ Mian Sahib, I will accept even one verse because a person who rejects even one verse of the Holy Qur’an is a disbeliever. ” After hearin g this , Mian Nizam - ud - D in went to meet Maulawi Muhammad Husain Batalvi, who w as living in Ch i niyon Walli Mosque [ Mosque of Ch i niyon ] in Lahore those days. He found forty or fifty people sitting there. At that time, Ha z rat Khalifat - ul - Masih I ra was also in Lahore for a month ’s long leave from Jammu and he was engaged in a discussion with Maulawi Muhammad Husain Batalwi. Maulawi Muhammad Husain Batalwi said that the discussion on the topic of Ha z rat Jesus’ as death should be in the light of Hadith , whereas Ha z rat Khalifat - ul - Masih I ra maintain ed that such a debate should be based on the Holy Qur’an. After a few days of discussion , Ha z rat Khalifat - ul - Masih I ra agreed , “Fine, you may present from Bukhari [ one of the attested Hadith books ] as well. ” Muhammad Husain Batalwi was in the habit of exaggerat ing , so he was very proudly explaining to his friends , ‘ I pursued N u r - ud - D in ra and finally subdued him and he a gree d to include Hadith. ’ Meanwhile Maulawi Nizam - ud - D in arrived there. He told Muhammad Husain Batalwi , “Forget these things. I have won over Mirza Sahib and have taken his pledge that if ten verses of the Holy Qur’an can be produced in support of Ha z rat Jesus as being alive, then the Promised Messiah as will renounce his belief in the death of Jesus as. So please provide me with ten verses quickly, so I can invite Mirza Sahib as to the Shahi (Royal) Mosque and ask him to repent from his belief. ” Maulawi Muhammad Husain , who had been boasting about how he had pursued and subdued N u r - ud - D in r a and had finally forced him to accept Hadith as a basis for a rgument, became very angry upon hearing this. He asked Maulawi Nizam - ud - D in, “What ignoramus asked you to interfere in this matter ? I have been arguing for so many days and with great difficulty, I have b r ought N u r - ud - Din ra towards Bukhari and now you ha ve taken the discussion back to the Holy Qur’an. ” He made this statement in a state of passion, but when Maulawi Nizam - ud - D in heard this, he was overcome