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ra by Hadhrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad to the effect that Hadhrat. Ummul Momineena did once mention that he suffered from hysteria but this was a case of sheer misunderstanding of medical terms by her. She was not a physician nor an expert in medical science and hence she mistakenly described migraine to which Hadhrat Ahmad as was liable as hysteria. It is, therefore, extremely dishonest of his adversaries to manipulate such statements in evidence which do not express an expert medical opinion. . One suggests that Abdul Hafeez first educate himself on melancholia with reference to modern research on this illness before he proceeds to pass any verdicts on Hadhrat Ahmadas. . He may yet find that it is a mental disorder characterised by a feeling of dejection usually followed by withdrawal symptoms. . But, it is an established fact of history that Hadhrat Ahmadas did not, at any stage in his life, suffer from any such dejection nor did he ever withdraw from active life. In fact, to his last day, he remained engrossed in his Divine mission and his incomplete book, Paigham Sulh is evidence of this fact. . Abdul Hafeez argues on the authority of Abu Ali ibn Sena that sufferers of melancholia claim prophethood. Therefore, he considers Hadhrat Ahmad's as claim a result of this illness. 133 In the first instance, one would suggest that he first decide as which of his naive suggestions he would like the masses to believe before he proceeds to make a bigger fool of himself than he already has. For instance, while he attributes Hadhrat. Ahmad's as claim to prophethood to alleged mental disorders on page 18 of his book, on page 41 of the same book, he reverses his stand to attribute these alleged mental disorders to his claim of prophethood. Such contradictions by the author of Two in. One draw one's attention to his own anecdote of a bald person successfully selling oil to remedy baldness until his wife pulls off his cap and exposes his falsehood to the world. 134 It seems that in making such contradictory statements, Abdul Hafeez does not need the assistance of his wife to pull off his cap to 133. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 18 151 134. Ibid. , p. 39