The Conclusive Argument

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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The Conclusive Argument — Page 38

38 THE CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENT You fear not the claws of the lion and wander like the blind and the one-eyed. I have exposed your darkness and torn your writing to shreds, and you will soon realize it. Do you, like the ignorant and shameless, believe that Jesus is alive, and consider him to be exempt from the dead? You have not offered any evidence from the bayyināt [clear والعور، وإنا كشفنا ظلامك ومزقنا كلامك، وستعرف بعد حين أتؤمن بحياة المسيح كالجهول الوقيح، وتحسبه كأنه استثني من الأموات، وما أقمت عليه دليلا من البينات والمحكمات، ولا من الأحاديث [and perspicuous Quranic Verses and muhkamāt [explicit and deci- sive verses] nor from any ahādīth of the Best of Creation which possess numerous uninterrupted chains. And so-O ye whose speech is in vain! you lied in order to estab- lish your claim and deviated from the fundamentals of Islamic law. O المتواترة من خير الكائنات فكذبت في دعوى الإثبات، وباعدت عن أصول الفقه يا أخا الترهات أيها الجهول قف وفكر برزانة الحصاة ما أوردت دليلا على دعوى الحياة، وما اتبعت إلا الظنيات، بل -You have simply followed conjec reckless ignoramus! O reproached ،العجول، المخطي المعذول miscreant! Pause and think seri- ously with reason. You have not advanced any argument in favour of your claim regarding Jesus' life. tures-nay, rather, superstitions. The conclusion of a problem can- not exceed its premises. When two premises are hypothetical, their الوهميات ونتيجة الإشكال لا يزيد على المقدمات، فإذا كانت