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Proceedings—Debate 1 June 1893 207 not pass. ’ Romans 9:181: ‘Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus. ’ Now, from all of these verses, your allegation has reverted to you. After this, you raised an allegation on jihad but this allegation is completely against the procedure of this debate, and this very thing was also written in your conditions that questions would be asked in an ordered manner. What was the purpose of this other than that once a question is answered, only then should another question be raised so that the discussion should not become meaningless. Now, there is still some answer remaining from your first ques- tion regarding justice. And the answer is that your self-made law has been broken by the Messiah himself because he based the criterion of salvation on promises exactly in accord with our statements and he presented the Divine commandments, the reward for which has been presented in the form of promises. As he states, ‘Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. ’ Now, do please tell us whether these promises that were made to those that mourn, and the merciful, and pure-hearted—will they be fulfilled or not? If they will be fulfilled, then there is not the least men- tion of any atonement here. And if they are not going to be fulfilled, then an unfulfilled promise is the consequence, and to suggest such a thing about the directions of God Almighty is a grave sin. In short, I have completely refuted your issue of mercy without recompense from the perfect teachings of the Holy Quran, the law of nature and your own Holy Books. Now, if you do not abandon your stubbornness against a matter that has been proven, then the fair- minded people can decide for themselves. All the teachings of God Almighty are in accord with the laws of nature, and according to Dr. Henry Martyn Clark, the Unity which the Quran teaches is so clear and pure and consonant with human nature, that even children can 1. In the King James Version this reference is Romans 9:20. [Publishers]