The Holy War — Page 214
214 3 June 1 1893; Time 6:10 Statement of h a d rat Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] Sahib Deputy [Abdullah Atham] sahib states: ‘To be devoid of limitlessness is not permissible for anyone let alone that Jesus Christ should have been devoid of it’; meaning that Jesus, the Messiah, was a manifestation of Allah even before the descent of the Holy Spirit because, in general terms, all of creation is said to be the manifestation of Allah. In reply, I say that your admission is still the very same; that the Messiah became the manifestation of Allah specifically after the Holy Spirit descended upon him, and prior to this he was an ordinary mani- festation just like the others. Then, after this Deputy sahib makes mention of the three persons of the Godhead and does not realise that this mention by him is with- out any evidence as he gives no logical argument for it. As a matter of fact, it is vital for every prophetic dispensation that there be three elements in it and it is wishful thinking on the part of you gentlemen to name them the three persons of the Godhead. The Holy Spirit descended on the Messiah just as it has been descending on Prophets from the beginning. And we have given proof of this, what is so novel in this? Then, you state that it is also first written in the Holy Quran that, ‘All affairs are in the hand of Allah. ’ I say that although this is true, and Allah, the Exalted, states in the Holy Quran: 1. According to the original the correct date is 2 June. [Publisher]