An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 102
102 The Promised Messiah as explained the value of inductive reasoning on which all sciences were based. It was perfectly valid reasoning and the results obtained by this method held good, unless contradicted by a recognized and unusual occurrence. To discard this method of reasoning means the rejection of all sciences and progress would be rendered impossible. He also quoted the Holy Quran and the Bible in support of his argument and explained the scriptures. He answered all objections against Islam. He, again and again, emphasised the necessity of drawing all arguments from the scriptures in order that the debate might be useful and as representative as possible. But the Christian advocate would not accept this. A tham's quotations were not always exact. He said that the visible object which needed food and drink was not God but only His manifestation. A tham claimed that in the Quran, it is written about the fire which was seen in the bush: "O Moses, take off thy shoes because it is the valley of T ow a. I am the God of thy father Abraham, Issac and Jacob. . . . " The Promised Messiah as pointed out that there was no such verse in the Quran. In the course of the argument, A tham was compelled to admit that Jesus became a special manifestation of God only when he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove. This admission on the part of the Christian representative was a clear contradiction of A tham and the creed of the Christian faith which lays down that Jesus, the son of God, was “of the substance of the father, and that in this Trinity none is afore or after other, and the whole three persons are co-eternal together. ” This important debate lasted 15 days during which A tham became indisposed and Dr. Clark took his place. The Promised Messiah as dictated his last paper on June 5, 1893, which concluded as follows: “When I prayed to God, in all humility and earnestness that He might give His judgement in the debate because we were weak mortals and without His decision we could not do anything, I was given the sign by way of glad tidings that of the two parties to the debate, the one, who