The Holy War — Page 184
184 Statement of h a d rat Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] sahib First of all, I must say with regret that despite my reminding Deputy Abdullah Atham again and again that every single claim and every single statement should be presented from the Gospels alone, and that logical arguments should be shown only from the Gospels; yet on every occasion he neglected this condition, and his statements are read aloud profusely and freely as if he is compiling a new set of Gospels. Now, we should ponder on what answers he has given to my ques- tions. First of all, I had asked by way of a condition, where, in the Gospels is the phrase ‘mercy without recompense’ found and then I had asked where is the logical explanation and detail of it provided by Jesus. Yet again, you deliberately refused to answer this question. That is why I believe that you do not debate as a follower of the Gospels; instead, you express your ideas as an intellectual thinker. You begin to criticize my statement that mercy is foremost in its appearance, and occupies the highest stature, without even trying to understand it. There is indeed no doubt that all the perfect attrib- utes of God Almighty are eternal and everlasting. However, they are manifested in this world on their proper occasions, and as and when required, they are delayed and hastened. Who cannot understand that mercy ranks foremost in making its manifestation, because it is in no need of a Book having been revealed nor does its manifestation depend on the fact that people should have become intelligent and wise. In fact, just as His mercy is bestowed upon intelligent people, it is bestowed on children and the insane and all kinds of animals. However, the time for the manifestation of justice—even though the attribute of justice is there from the beginning—is after the Divine