The Holy War — Page 191
Proceedings—Debate 31 May 1893 191 of your accusations, I cannot be held to be a criminal or a liar. However, at the threshold of God Almighty, he clearly admits that he is guilty as we can see from Matthew 19 where he refused to be called good. Then you ask why the Holy Quran and the Gospels, both being the Divine Scriptures of God, give two separate paths to salvation? The rebuttal to this is, the path opposed to the Holy Quran that is men- tioned with reference to the Gospel is simply your baseless imagination. Up until now, you have not provided any proof that this is the statement of Jesus; indeed, there is not present in the Gospel specifically and in words, the word of ‘trinity’ nor is there any mention of ‘mercy without recompense’. The references which I have just mentioned are sufficient to prove the veracity of the Holy Quran, whereas there are many verses from the Holy Quran, Old Testament, and New Testament that unan- imously stand opposed to your Doctrine of Atonement. So, at the very least, you should have admitted that you erred in understanding this doctrine because a person may occasionally be mis- led when arriving at the meanings of a statement, as you suggested your [Christian] brethren the Roman Catholics and Unitarians, have been misled in understanding the Gospels, whereas both these sects believe you to be misled and in the wrong. Hence, while there are differences and misunderstandings in your very own house, how is it right for you to abandon the understanding of an issue that is agreed upon, and adopt something wherein you have differences and misunderstand- ings? (The rest, later. ) Signature—English Signature—English Ghulam Q a dir Fasih Henry Martyn Clark President President Representing Muslims Representing Christians