The Descent of the Messiah — Page 63
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS from here and there and compiled a book, and named it the Gos- pel. This erudite Jew has advanced this attack so vehemently that no priest has been able to respond to him. I have a copy of this book that I recently obtained. Since it has been established that the Messiah learned the Torah, lesson by lesson, from a Jewish teacher and also studied the Talmud in the same way, it is difficult for a sceptic to escape the doubt of how so many phrases from previous scriptures made it word for word into the Gospels, and not only phrases from divine books but also from human works. However, when one reflects on the practice of God as just described, there remains no room for doubt—for God, being the Master, possesses the au- thority to incorporate phrases from any previous scripture into His new revelation, and no objection can be raised against it. Looking at the revelations contained in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, one will find in them some verses from the Holy Quran, verses from the Gospels, and other poetic verses that are not scriptural in nature. These revelations consist of powerful prophecies, and the proof of their Divine origin is that they have all been fulfilled and continue to be fulfilled to this date. It has been the ancient practice of Allah that He derives the expressions and contents of His revelations from other sources, and then the ignorant raise objections. Yet another person has compiled a book seeking to prove that the book of Genesis, which is considered to be the cornerstone of the Torah's philosophy, was stolen from another book that ex- isted at the time of Moses. In other words, these people believe that Moses and Jesus were both thieves. Such are the aspersions cast against the Prophets, peace be upon them-but extreme- ly shameful are the allegations made against other writers and poets. There is even a man who has established, with regard to every verse of the Dīwān of Mutanabbi, the famous poet, that 63