The Holy War — Page 115
Proceedings—Debate 27 May 1893 115 Statement of h a d rat Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] Sahib My question to Deputy [Abdullah Atham] sahib was that, ‘Since you believe Jesus as to be God, what proof do you have in support of his Divinity?’ There are many sects and nations that consider their reformers and founders of their religions as God. For instance, believ- ers of Hinduism and Buddhism also present scriptural arguments to prove the Divinity of their founders based on their Puranas and Shastras. In fact, they present such miracles and supernatural feats, and so forcefully, that you possess nothing like it. For instance, the marvels they mention having been carried out by Raja Ramachandra, Raja Krishna, Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahadev are not hidden from you. So, this being the case, are most excellent logical arguments not needed to establish the One True God from among so many different gods? Wherefore, in presenting claims and in presenting scriptural proofs, all these gentlemen are just like you; nay rather, they appear to have the upper hand in presenting these scriptural proofs. And I did not just draw the attention of Deputy sahib to this, but I actually presented logical arguments extracted from the Holy Quran in refu- tation of the Divinity of the Messiah, that a man, who is burdened with all the human necessities, cannot in any way be considered to be God. And never has it ever been established that God or the Son of God came into this world, like a Prophet, to preach and reform the people. I regret that Deputy sahib did not give any satisfactory reply