EIK ESAI KAY TEEN SAWAL AUR UN KAY JAWABAT BY HADHRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD OF QADIAN (BOOKS)

Ahmadiyya Mosque, Jamaica

To describe the activities of this site during Ramadan as 'The Month of Sheikh Hamza Yusuf' would not necessarily be totally wide of the mark. We began this month by publishing the following comment of this famously influential non-Ahmadi Muslim scholar and leader:

There's two types of Ahmadiyya. There's Qadiani and Lahori. Lahori Ahmadis are not outside of Islam. The Lahori Ahmadis have some really solid scholars. One of them was Maulana Muhammad Ali...Some of their refutations of the Christian attacks on Islam- in my estimation- are the best ones that have been done. Maulana Muhammad Ali did some of the best apologetic work for the Muslim community that I have seen in all the literature that I have looked at and I have looked at a considerable amount and in fact what I've noticed is that a lot of them borrowed heavily from his original work- never attributing it to him either, even though it's very clear where they took it from. (Mr. Hamza Yusuf)

We remarked that although Mr. Yusuf had correctly identified that modern Muslim scholarship basis many of it's most cogent arguments on the work of of Ahmadi Muslims, he had wrongly identified Maulvi Muhammad Ali Sahib as the source of these arguments, when in fact the true source of these divinely inspired arguments were the writings of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Therefore, we embarked upon a journey in which we began at the very beginning of Hadhrat Mirza Sahib's writings and went through them chronologically one by one. 

First, we looked at the unique and exceptional defence of Islam he presented in Baraheen-e-Ahmadiyya at the very outset of his career. Then we examined a number of books in which he refuted the false dogmas of Hinduism. Then we looked at three books which were written to announce his claim to Messiahship, culminating in Izala-e-Auham, which we were proud to publish the first abridged English translation of. Even a cursory glance through this abridged translation of the comprehensive masterpiece would be enough to convince any clear headed reader that the non-Ahmadi belief that Jesus physically ascended to heaven, remains alive and will one day return is totally false according to The Holy Qu'ran and ahadith. Following these three books in which Hadhrat Sahib made his claim, we have gone through a number of books in which he has debated with the top non-Ahmadi Muslim scholars of his age and once again the divine support and signs which highlight and underline the truth of his claims. Now, on the final day of Ramadan, we have reached our finale.

And it truly is a climax of epic and mind-blowing proportions. 

This book, published as long ago as 1892 and titled Eik Esai Kay Teen Sawal or Un Kay Jawabat,or A Christians Three Questions and There Answers, initially sets out to refute three objections raised against Islam by a Christian man named Abdullah James. By the end of the short booklet, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has not only refuted the three allegations but has achieved so much more. He demonstrates his total mastery of the Arabic language, underscores his own in-depth understanding of The Holy Qu'ran and still has enough time left over to highlight his encyclopedic knowledge of The Holy Bible and other religious texts. 

In fact, the book doesn't just refute Christian objections against Islam, it emphatically demolishes Christian dogma from start to finish, from their own text- The Holy Bible! At the end, there is no doubt left in the mind of any reader about the total and utter superiority of Islam, The Holy Prophet s.a.w and The Holy Qu'ran over Christianity and it's sources. I have had the rather dubious pleasure over the last few years of sampling some of the videos of this era's most famous non-Ahmadi Muslim scholars who refuted Christian dogma, including Zakir Naik and Ahmad Deedat. As Mr. Yusuf alluded to in a moment of honesty, their entire scholarship is based on the foundation of this incredible, original book by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, although they don't bother crediting him. 

The original Urdu as well as the full English translation of this short booklet are available free to read online at alislam.org, however it may not be totally amiss for us to present a couple of samples to our readers here:

Let it be noted that the Gospels attribute to Jesus words which imply that, in his last days, he had begun to doubt whether he was really a Prophet and whether he enjoyed Divine support. For instance, right on the eve of his departure from this world—a time for the men of God to manifest their conviction and the blessings of their faith- Jesus uttered the words 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?', which means, 'O my God, O my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?' What is more, it was also his wont to run away from places where he apprehended the mischief of his opponents, despite the fact that God had already given him assurances of security. Both these circumstances betray doubt and bewilderment. And when we see him crying and supplicating through the night for the tragedy—of which he had prior knowledge—to be averted, we realise that he was in doubt about everything. (Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad,Eik Esai Kay Teen Sawal Aur Un Kay Jawabat)

Anti-Ahmadiyya sites often present passages such as the one above and claim that Hadhrat Mirza Sahib insulted Jesus. What they always fail to mention is that this paragraph was only one point out of many in which he refuted a Christians allegation that The Holy Prophet s.a.w. doubted his own prophethood as he himself was, God forbid, a fraud. Furthermore, they always fail to present the very next paragraph within that refutation:

We have set out these illustrations only to point out the folly of the Christians, who have raised these objections against the Holy Prophet s.a.w. Otherwise, we are quite capable of answering these questions, and vindicating our dear Messiah—who was not above human weaknesses and frailties— of all such allegations, by simply negating his divinity and 'sonship'. But it will be an arduous task indeed for our Christian brothers to do so. (Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Eik Esai Kay Teen Sawal Aur Un Kay Jawabat)

Again, we have no intention of presenting many long and detailed passages from the book, but there are one or two more which are very noteworthy. One claim that non-Ahmadi Muslims make is that when Jesus returns to earth he will do so by flying down from the sky and when Sky News and CNN helicopters beam these images of this miracle around the world the whole of mankind will accept Islam. They fail to understand even the most basic concepts of religion, which have been highlighted in the paragraph below, although it is worth remembering that the paragraph was not actually written about the ridiculous belief of Jesus' physical return, but just about general religion:

God, obviously, has the power to place a ladder to the heaven which all people could see; and He could restore to life, not just thousands, but millions of the dead, and could make them bear witness to the truth of the Holy Prophet s.a.w. in the presence of their progeny; God could do all this, but, if you think about it, such a full disclosure would have left no room for 'belief in the unseen'—on which depends all merit and reward—and the world would become a picture of Doomsday. Just as it shall be of no avail to believe when the Day of Judgement has arrived—for it will be the day of full disclosure—likewise, faith which results from all too obvious miracles, will also be of no avail. Faith can only be called faith as long as there remains some aspect of the unseen. There can be no room for faith when all the veils have been lifted. For this reason, Prophets throughout history have shown miracles, but have always left room for the unseen. No Prophet ever restored to life the dead of a whole town and asked them to testify to his Prophethood, nor has any Prophet ever set up a ladder and ascended to heaven, while people looked on. (Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Eik Esai Kay Teen Sawal Aur Un Kay Jawabat)

Epilogue

We don't much care for dwelling too long on the ignorance and deceit of anti-Ahmadiyya commentators, but it is Eid tomorrow so we'll give one more example as a present to our anti-Ahmadiyya friends. Earlier in this series, we discussed Hadhrat Mirza Sahib's book Surmah-e-Chashme Aryah in which we refuted the baseless allegation that Hadhrat Mirza Sahib did not believe in miracles by pointing out that he had explicitly and in detail discussed and accepted the Holy Prophet s.a.w's miracle of splitting the moon within that book. The same anti-Ahmadiyya commentator who has regularly claimed on this site to be the single most knowledgeable researcher of Islam Ahmadiyya in human history claimed beneath that article that following Hadhrat Mirza Sahib's claim to messiahship in 1891 he had changed his mind and had rejected the splitting of the moon and, 'Mirza Sahib never commented on the splitting of the moon after 1891'. Here's what Hadhrat Mirza Sahib wrote about the splitting of the moon inEik Esai Kay Teen Sawal aur Un Kay Jawabat, which was written in 1892:

At places specific miracles have been described, for instance, the miracle of the splitting of the moon, which is a most extraordinary miracle indeed, and is a perfect manifestation of the power of God. I have discussed this in detail in my book Surma Chashm Arya. Anyone interested may refer to it. (Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Eik Esai Kay Teen Sawal Aur Un Kay Jawabat)

The full English translation fo Eik Esai Kay Teen Sawal Aur Un Kay Jawabat has been available on Islam Ahmadiyya's official site, alislam.org, to read for free online for around five years now. Whether the commentator mentioned above was lying about being the greatest researcher of all time, or was lying about the fact Hadhrat Mirza Sahib never mentioned the splitting of the moon after 1891, or was lying about Hadhrat Mirza Sahib changing his mind, or was lying about all three, we will leave to others to judge.