Life of Ahmad — Page 258
THE PHARISEE OF BATALA as 258 Maulaw i Sahib: Not unlikely; may be. Muhammad Husain: Was the name Ibn-e-Maryam understood in the time of Holy Prophet sa in any other sense except Jesus as son of Mary, the Israelite? Maulaw i Sahib: Wherever it occurs in tne Holy Quran it means the same person, but I do not know whether the Companions always understood it in the same sense or used it to denote the like of him as well. Three hours had been wasted and Muhammad Husain was still entangled in his technicalities and Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra had urgent work to do, so he requested those present to excuse him. They all agreed, as they saw no reason to detain him longer. Many of those present were the friends of Muhammad Husain and respected him also. But it appears they had also become sick of listening to his irrelevant technicalities. Muhammad Husain was annoyed. In his journal (Vol. XIII, No. 1) he wrote afterwards that the audience were so much influenced by the words of Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra that they could not think of anything else. He also found fault with Hafiz Muhammad Yusuf and Munshi Am i r D i n in so far as they insistently took Maulaw i Sahib away from the meeting and did not even let him sign the written report of his questions and answers. Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra took this opportunity of explaining further the claims of Ahmad as to Hafiz Muhammad Yusuf and Munshi Am i r D i n and others and then left Lahore on April 15th, at 5 p. m. and informed his master at Ludhiana of all that had