The Message or A Cry of Anguish — Page 60
60 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS requested for this debate, saying that he had a number of questions about Islam and stubbornly insisted that a debate be held? Furthermore, any fair-minded person, after reading this book from cover to cover, will find no harsh word in it. Every word has been used in keeping with the need of the situation. Why then did the sup- porters of this Anjuman accuse me of being the real transgressor in this case and declare Aryas and Lekh Ram to be completely blameless? This should make the readers realise how much the condition of the Anjuman has deteriorated. Honestly speaking, would the title Himāyat-e-Aryah [supporters of Āryah] be more appropri- ate for them instead of Himāyat-e-Islām [supporters of Islam]? Moreover, it is also worth considering whether it is true that the books of Indarman, as claimed by the supporters of the Anjuman- e-Himāyat-e-Islām, had been forgotten by the time of Surmah Chashm-e-Aryah? It is so regrettable that this Anjuman and its supporters have deviated from the path of justice and truth out of spite for me. Were the writings of Indarman published one or two millennia ago that the Muslims had forgotten the wounds inflicted on their hearts by the heinous imposture contained in his books Tuhfatul-Islām, Indarbajar and Pādāsh-e-Islām? And what kind of Muslims were they who had forgotten these menda- cious and deceptive books and put up with such writings? Even to date, Hindus avidly read and publish those books. In addition to these books, the Arya Samajists have published yet another extremely abusive book that was written a short time