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the respective faiths of the personalities involved in the debate. Hadhrat. Ahmad'sas final question bore yet another evidence of the fact that the eventual outcome of the prophecy against Athim was to be: 'a strong proof that the Holy Prophet, Muhammed sa, whom Athim had called a Dadjall in his book Androoni Bible, was a true prophet. ' '15. At this stage, one would beseech the critics of Hadhrat Ahmad'sas prophecies to reflect upon the consequences of their assertion that in this debate, which was to be ‘a strong proof of the truth of the Holy Prophet,. Hadhrat Muhammed Mustaphasa, whom Athim had called, God forbid, a. Dadjall in his book Androoni Bible,' Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas 'could not prevail upon the Christian and hence, the debate went in favour of the Christian. '. Are the adversaries of Hadhrat Ahmadas so engrossed in their prejudice against him that they are even prepared to compromise the truth of the. Holy Prophet of Islamsa at the hands of a person who had, in deifying a weak mortal Jesusas, forsaken the true God and who had reviled our noble Prophetsa in his literary pursuits?'. The fact of the matter, however, is, that neither did the Christian padre,. Abdullah Athim, prevail against Hadhrat Ahmadas in the debate at. Amritsar nor did this controversy go in favour of Christianity. The full details of how Islam prevailed against Christianity are recorded in the proceedings of the debate. " Had Hadhrat Ahmad'sas critics read these and not borrowed their allegations from the works of their equally ignorant comrades, they may yet have found that Islam prevailed at this debate held between Hadhrat Ahmadas and Abdullah Athim. . In fact, a review of this debate was published in the columns of the. Christian paper, Noor Afshan of Ludhiana. " This was later compiled in book form by a Christian organisation, the Punjab Religious Book Society of Lahore. In the context of this review, a colleague of Abdullah Athim,. Rev. Thakar Das of the American Mission, Sialkot stated that ‘in his opinion the debate had not been satisfactory and the replies given by the. Christian advocate were too brief. '18 He also argued that 'the verses which 15. Ibid 17. Ibid 16. Ibid 18. Das, G. L. Thakar: Taniqih Mobahasa: pg 3 35