The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 356
LETTER FROM MUHAMMAD HUSAIN BATĀLAWI 355 and your manners and morals are contrary and opposed to the former books, faiths, and Prophets. Thus, believing in these books, faiths, and Prophets can only be true and correct if I regard your beliefs and teachings to be false and you to be mis- guided. The following verses are proof of this: Letter from Muhamamd Husain Batālawi و من يكفر بالطاغوت ويؤمن بالله فقد استمسك بالعروة الوثقى. وقد امروا ان يكفروا به. قد كانت لكم اسوة حسنة فى ابراهيم والذين معه اذ قالوا لقومهم انا براؤ منكم ومما تعبدون من دون الله كفرنا بكم. وبدا بيننا وبينكم العداوة والبغضاء ابدا حتى تؤمنوا بالله وحده. Apart from your false beliefs that are opposed to the faith of Islam and the former faiths, speaking lies and deception have become such an essential characteristic of yours, as if they are part and parcel of your innate nature. I do not have detailed knowledge of your life before the compilation of Barahin-e- Ahmadiyya but you have adopted lying and deceit since the time of the compilation of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, especially since [18]86 when you prophesied about the birth of a son accord- ing to a revelation and publicized other similar prophecies and, more specifically, since [18]90 when you published your claim to being the Promised Messiah-no writing, speech, letter, or book of yours has remained free from it. From this it can be inferred that in your earlier life, especially when you failed in the examination of legal attorney and during the prolonged period of being involved in litigation, this same must have been your condition. From this everyone can understand that a man who has the audacity to lie about his fellow man and to deceive them will not hesitate to fabricate lies about God, claiming that he is a recipient of Divine revelation, that it has been revealed to him that if a particular person does not give his daughter in