The Message or A Cry of Anguish — Page 2
2 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS Muhammad the Chosen One, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. All these fabrications and lies, committed with invec- tive and shameful insolence, have inflicted such a painful scar on the Muslims that neither we nor our posterity will ever be able to forget. This is why the publication of this book has raised a great uproar across the Punjab and India. I, too, have received letters from several Muslim nobles and honourable scholars. For instance, a religious scholar, Maulawi Muhammad Ibrahim Şahib from Arrah sent a postcard regarding this, and I have also read many complaints in the newspapers against this particular book which shows that, in fact, the author has repeatedly used extremely rude, insolent and abusive language in his book. In short, I find that this book has provoked the Muslims so that in a state of anger some of them have sent memorials to the Government while others have directed their attention to rebut- ting the book. But the fact is, till date, this malicious accusation has not been dealt with in the way it should have been. Sending memorials in such cases amounts to admitting one's own defeat as it were, and exposing one's weakness and inability to the public. Moreover, it is never commendable that every person should set about to rebut it, and we conclude that this was all that could have been done by way of an answer. This kind of response never works. Sometimes an unknown and naive mullah writes a refutation, who is neither well-versed in Quranic verities and wisdom, nor aware of the subtle insights of Hadith; he neither possesses sound judgment, nor has in-depth knowledge of history. He is bereft of sane reason, and knows nothing about the approach and method that is relevant to be effective in modern times. Hence, the publi- cation of such a rebuttal only adds insult to injury. The pity is that