The Holy War — Page 50
50 And then Deputy [Abdullah Atham] sahib says in his statement, which I shall summarise: ‘It is not necessary that Divine revelation should prove its claims with logical arguments, only stating its claims would be sufficient, and then the readers of that book would develop the arguments themselves. ’ This statement of Deputy sahib is to hinder and protect his own wiggle room because I had presented the argu- ment that a mandatory sign and condition that a true Book from Allah Almighty must satisfy is that it must itself set forth its claim as well as provide the arguments in support of that claim itself. In this way every reader, upon finding those decisive arguments, may be able to thoroughly understand its claims without the claim being devoid of proof, because this is considered a shortcoming of every speaker that he should go on making claims but not provide any argument in support of them. Now, upon hearing this condition, Deputy sahib became preoccu- pied with this worry that Our Gospel is totally lacking this lofty stature and cannot in any way compete with the Holy Quran, it would be best to try and evade this by any means. So I think this is a favour that Deputy sahib is doing to the Holy Gospel in that he is himself engaged in keeping its deficiencies hidden. It is sad, however, that you did not pay attention to this fact whilst you were dictating these words, that, for a very long time you served as an Extra-Assistant and you know full well how a judge, by virtue of his judicial authority, gives a ruling between two contending parties. Did you ever have occasion to simply decree or dismiss a case con- sidering it pointless to give conclusive arguments in the final record of court proceedings, based upon which the true are adjudged truthful and the liars declared to be liars? And this is only a mundane worldly matter with the attendant loss likely being nothing very great. But should the Word of God Almighty, who warns of an everlasting Hell if His Words are misunderstood, simply announce its claims and place the whole world in misery without giving arguments and proofs in