Life of Ahmad — Page 389
as DEBATE WITH ATHIM 389 Jesus as was really God, let him help the Christians in showing and demonstrating his Divine powers on this occasion. Ahmad as was prepared to demonstrate the high spiritual blessings that a true follower of the Holy Quran can get from God, Maker of heaven and earth. This could be done through a Mub a hala which Maulaw i Ra h matullah of Karana, Dist. Muzaffar Nagar, had held a public discussion with Rev C. G. Pfander at Akbarabad in April 1854, and Maulaw i Muhammad Qasim of Nanauta, Dist. Saharanpur, and Mirza Mawa hh ad of Jullundur had represented Islam against Rev. Knowles at the Mela Khuda Shin a s i which was held at Chandpur near Shahjahanpur in May 1876. (See Al-Ba h sush Shar i f flisbatin Naskhi wat Ta h r i f , Fakhrul Matabi Press, Shahjahanbad, 1270 A. H. ; and Guftag u Madhhab i , D iy a ’ i Press, Meerut, 1293 A. H. ). Islam must have had the upper hand in such intellectual discussions but none of the advocates of any religion had shown the sincerity and earnestness with which Ahmad as sought to judge every religion by its fruits and thus demonstrate practically the superiority of Islam over all other faiths. I may also mention here the names of a few books by which religious discussion had been carried on in writing before the advent of the Promised Messiah as : M i z a nul H aq by Rev. C. G. Pfander, Mission Press, Ludhiana, 1861. Mift ah ul Asr a r Ditto W. M. Watts, London, 1861. Hid a yatul Muslim i n Rev. Im a d-ud-D i n, 1868. Ta h q i qul I m a n Ditto 1866. Al-Jaw a hirul Quran Rev. Abdullah A thim, Chashma’-i-N u r Press, Amritsar 1884. Nik a t-e-Islam Ahmadiyya Ditto Saf i r-e-Hind Press, Amritsar, 1883. Iz a latul Auh a m by Maulaw i Ra h matullah, 1269 A. H. Istifs a r by Maulaw i Al Hasan, 1269 A. H. M i z a nul M i z a n by Abul Man su r Raq i matul widad Ditto In‘ a m-e-‘ A m Ditto ‘Uq u batu d Da ll i n Ditto Misb ah ul Abr a r Ditto S autull ah ul Jabb a r , Maulaw i Muhammad Ali of Bachhraon, Sidd i qi Press, 1286 A. H. Khil‘atul Hanud, But Shikan, S idd i q i Press, 1281, AH. Khutab a t-e-Ahmadiyya Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.