An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 28
28 Background Much before the writing of the books, like Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah , Hadrat Ahmad as had been busy in replying to attacks on Islam through articles published in various journals of his time in the province. The A ryah Sam a j and Brahm u Sam a j had been spreading ideas about the soul's transmigration and the superiority of the Vedas. To refute these ideas, Hadrat Ahmad as started contributing articles to various journals of his day mainly owned by Christian and Hindu publishers. The Book It is the collection of a number of articles, which appeared in 1879, in the Mansh u r-e-Muhammad i of Bangalore, Saf i r-e-Hind of Amritsar, Brother Hind and Hind u Band u of Lahore. In his article, which he contributed to the Mansh u r-e-Muhammad i , Hadrat Ahmad as declared that truthfulness , in all human relations, was the foundation of human virtue and this virtue has been stressed only by Islam. He offered a prize of Rs. 500 to the followers of any other religion, who could prepare a list of quotations from their scriptures which might exceed, equal or even amount to one-half or one-third of the quotations on truth contained in the Holy Quran. In Saf i r-e-Hind of Amritsar, he wrote a series of articles from February 9 to March 9, 1878, defending the glory and majesty of God, demolishing the widespread belief of the A ryah Sam a j that souls are so infinite that even God does not know their numbers, and, therefore, they continue to exist independently, attaining salvation through the process of transmigration. Hadrat Ahmad as wrote a long article in refutation of this doctrine of transmigration which was published in the Hind u Band u of Lahore in the issues of February, March and April of 1879. The last instalment of the article was not published by the editor, because, as