Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 3
3 The Answers By The Recipient of Divine Blessings and Quranic Verities, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Chief of Qadian. Answer to Question No. 1 In support of his assertion, the critic has quoted an incomplete verse of S u rah Al-Baqarah. The complete verse is as follows: 4 When viewed in context of the preceding and following verses, it becomes amply clear that the subject under con- sideration is neither Prophethood nor the Holy Quran. The only point being stated is that, from now on, Muslims should pray with their faces turned towards the Kaaba and not towards Jerusalem. "This is the Truth", says God, meaning that the Kaaba is the direction for prayer that had been appointed from the very beginning, and this is a fact which has been recorded in ancient Scriptures. Therefore, (O reader of the Book) be not among those who are prone 4 It is the truth from thy Lord; be not therefore of those who doubt. —Al- Baqarah, 2:148 [Publishers]