Reply to a Mockery — Page 77
Response to the booklet entitled Ilh a m i Girgit 77 In the books of some of the Prophets, I have been men- tioned metaphorically as an angel. In the book of Daniel, I am named Michael and in Hebrew the literal meaning of Michael is ‘like God’. ( Arba'in, No. 3, Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 17, p. 413, footnote) In his pamphlet, Maulaw i Sahib slanderously gives this excerpt the heading, ‘I am like God’, giving the impression that Hadrat Mirza Sahib claimed to be like God. Dear readers! Mirza Sahib never made any such claim. This calumny is Maulaw i Sahib’s own invention. This is not the only one; as you can see Maulaw i Sahib habitually tells lie after lie and does not tire of doing so. As far as the above excerpt is concerned, all Mirza Sahib has done is to quote the book of Prophet Daniel as. Similarly, Prophet Daniel as describes the Prophet of the latter days as ‘angel’ and ‘Michael’. (See chapter 12 of the Book of Daniel). Maulaw i Sahib is so full of malice that he does not stop to think that in attacking Hadrat Mirza Sahib he is actually attacking the Prophets of old who made these prophecies. As for describing a person as an angel or as God, the Quran and the Bible both use such similes. Prophet Joseph as has been described as a ‘noble angel’ in Sūrah Yūsuf, verse 32. And about our lord and master, Muhammad Mu st af a s as , in the Quran, Allah Almighty says: َو اَم َتْيَمَر ْذِا َتْيَمَر َو َّنِكٰل َهّٰللا ىٰمَر