Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 121
FOOTNOTE NUMBER ELEVEN SIXTH OBJECTION 121 I have conducted thorough research into the reason for the Brahmū Samāj's inclination towards Tauhid and I have concluded that from among their religious elders, the founder of their faith had acquired this concept from the Holy Quran. However, it was his misfortune that he could not fully absorb the teaching of Tauhid. This is how the seed of Tauhid, taken from the Book of God, gradually spread among the Brahmū Samājists. If any gentleman from among the Brahmūs holds doubts about this finding, then he is under obligation to show us, with arguments, from where else they acquired the concept of Tauhid. Did they hear of it from elsewhere or did one of their founders discover it solely through their intellect. If they heard of it from some other source, then let them explicitly state which book, apart from the Holy Quran, had propagated throughout India the concept of God being One and without partner, beyond the need for family or offspring, free from every form of incarnation or embodiment, and complete and perfect in His person and in all His attributes. Let them give us the name of the book from which they derived the concept of Tauhid. And if they say that their founder did not hear of it from anywhere but reasoned it out himself, then the onus is upon them to prove that-at the time when the founder of the Brahmūs was establishing their religion-the concept of Tauhid had not already been propagated in India through the Holy Quran. For if it had, then there can be no question of 'discov- ering, and it will perforce have to be admitted that the founder of the Brahmū Samāj acquired the concept of Tauhid solely from the Holy Quran. In any event, unless you disprove my view with powerful argu- ments, it will stand proven that you have indeed acquired the concept of Oneness of God from the Holy Quran. And yet you remain ungrate- ful and refuse to acknowledge the debt you owe to your benefactor and teacher. Instead of expressing gratitude, you resort to abuse like those who are mischievous and depraved by nature. In addition to this, all historians know well that in the past whenever someone acquired full cognition of God and His perfect