Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 100
Hakeem Sahib and Public Engagements 99 Muhammad Hussain Batalvi that he could not interfere, especially when the cause of complaint was his own person. But when pressed further in the matter, Ahmad wrote to Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi on February 23 saying that his writing was more harsh as compared to that of Maulavi Noor-ud- Deen. He further remarked that in fact in his opinion he had not been in any way partial towards Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen. Haafiz Muhammad Yusuf, a Zilladaar , tried to arrange a meeting between Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi and Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen. He wrote a letter to Ahmad for this purpose and also went to Jammu to request Maulavi Noor-ud- Deen personally to come to Lahore and meet Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi so that he and his friends might have an opportunity to listen to both of them enabling them to form an opinion on the claims of Ahmad. Ahmad wrote to Maulavi Noor- ud-Deen that there was no harm in going to Lahore for this purpose. Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi spent most of the time in asking Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen technical definitions, which had little or no bearing on the claims of Ahmad. Munshi Muhammad Din, a Bachelor of Arts student of Aligarh, recorded the questions and answers. Three of them, which seem to be the most relevant, are given below ( Life of Ahmad , pp. 191-193): Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi: Has prophethood been terminated or not? Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen : Law-bearing prophethood has been terminated. No person can bring a new law. Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi : Can there be a new prophet who brings no new law but follows the Law of Muhammad and is called a prophet, like the Israelite Prophets who followed the Torah and were called prophets? Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen : Not unlikely; may be. Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi: Was the name Ibn-i- Maryam understood in the time of the Holy Prophet in any other sense except Jesus son of Mary, the Israelite?