Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 199
199 Malfuzat – Volume IV that it is the Unity of God in which one should believe. Then, there are marks of the Unity of God etched in the law of intuition also. Now, if you contradict the scripture, human reason and the law of intuition and claim that God is not one, but three, then it is your responsibility to provide evidence. This subject is of such a nature that our only responsibility is to hear you, because what you state is clearly at odds with the teachings given to us by the Prophets and the righteous. I call upon God as a Witness and state that I do not put the burden of proof on you by way of injustice. God has made my heart pure of such things. Weak inter - pretations can be of no use, nor can they grant satisfaction. Ask your heart with justice—do I not follow the path of rectitude? So you ought to write out your points in as much detail as possible and then present them. However, bear in mind that the inherent characteristic of a claim is that it is ambiguous. Some people suffer from misunderstanding and they are unable to differentiate between a claim and evidence. Evidence serves as a bright lamp to support a claim. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the difference between a claim and evidence. ” On this, Mr Abdul-Haqq said that he would write his points and present them the following day and then the Promised Messiah as took leave. 1 26 December 1901 A Fourth Audience Today, guests arrived in large numbers. Most members had already arrived from Lahore, Wazirabad, Rawalpindi, Kabul, Jammu, Gujranwanwala, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Garhshankar, Ludhiana, Allahabad, Sambar, etc. His Holiness as set out for a walk as was his custom. The light of God made his way, surrounded by his followers. The manner in which ardent devotees stumbled over one another in their passion was a remarkable scene. Mr Abdul-Haqq read out a brief piece of writing that he had prepared according to the instructions of His Holiness as , which in his own view presented arguments in favour of the Trinity and the divinity of Christ. After listening to his points, His Holiness as began his words in the manner that follows. 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 6, no. 6, dated 14 February 1902, p. 3 p. 465