Nurul-Qur’an (Number II)

The Light of the Holy Quran (Number II)

Background

Fateh Masih, a Christian missionary, was posted at Fatehgarh, District Gurdaspur. He wrote two letters to the Promised Messiah(as) in which he poured abuses upon the Holy Personage of the Founder of Islam. He wrote in a scurrilous manner concerning his marriages, character and the Islamic conception of paradise. In answer to these letters, the Promised Messiah(as) wrote the second issue of the Nurul-Qur’an. It was priced eight annas (equal to a nickel) and covered about 80 pages.

Magazine Number II

This was originally planned as a quarterly magazine. This was the second issue.

Christians had maligned the Holy Prophet(sa) for a long time by means of the press and the platform. Now, in writing such foul letters, they were certainly going too far. The Promised Messiah(as) had repeatedly tried to stop it with reasons and persuasion but to no avail. So, he was compelled to retort in defence and retort he did with such crushing effect that the Indian Church was groaning and creaking under the overpowering weight of his reprisal. The Literary Secretary of the National Council of the YMCA of India and Ceylon had to say in anguish: “Ahmad and his editors seem to have surpassed the literature of all ages and nations in so far as it was accessible to them in order to make one mighty and virulent attack to besmirch and belittle the character of Jesus of Nazareth.”

In his preface to the Nurul-Qur’an (Number II), the Promised Messiah(as) observed:

We are sorry to have declared that this issue of the Nurul-Qur’an has been published in reply to a man who, instead of observing decency, used abusive language with regard to our master, the Holy Prophet(sa) and on account of his own foul nature, he has, through clear fabrication, heaped such slanders upon the head of a leader and a pure hearted person, that one shudders to hear them. Hence, we have had to retort in defence only to stop people doing this.

The Christians have presented such a Yasu‘ (Jesus) who claims divinity and with his own exception he regards everyone (Prophet) from the first to the last as accursed and he found them of committing evil acts as are punishable with condemnation. The Holy Quran has not informed us of such a rude and foul-mouthed Yasu‘ and we were amazed at his character.

Yasu‘, who himself claims to be God and those who are thousand times better than him, abuses them profusely. So in our writing wherever we referred to Yasu‘ is the one presented by Christians and this absolutely did not refer to Jesus son of Mary who is respectfully mentioned in the Holy Quran. We adopted this course after listening to an unceasing flow of vituperation and abuses of Christian missionaries. As a matter of reality, Christian missionaries have surpassed all norms of decency in their books, which are packed with vituperation and filthy abuses against the Holy Prophet and Islam.

The Promised Messiah(as) assured those Christian missionary who adopt politeness and decency, they would be treated in different manner.

… The Quran has not informed us of such an impertinent and foul-mouthed Yasu‘. We wonder very much at the person who himself laid claim to divinity and abused such pure people as were with him. So in our discourse we mean everywhere the imaginary Jesus of the Christians and not the humble servant of God, as mentioned in the Holy Quran, ‘Isa Ibn Maryam who was a Prophet and who, as mentioned in the Holy Quran, is not at all meant, nor intended to be addressed in these harsh words.

We have adopted this form after continuously listening to abuses from Christian missionaries for no less than 40 years.1

The Promised Messiah(as) also wrote a letter to Fateh Masih on February 1, 1895, in which he said that the harsh words in his answer were not used in any fit or temper but only to teach the Christian missionary how to behave decently in such matters.

Specimen of Writing

The Holy Quran has cursed the liars and it adds that liars are companions of Satan. Liars are also dishonest...Satan also engulfs the liars .The Holy Quran does not only command that do not indulge in lying but also do not sit among the company of liars and do not befriend them .Fear God and keep the company of truthful.

It is stated further, when ever you speak, speak the truth and do not say a lie even in jest. Now be frank, and tell where is this teaching in the Bible. Had there been such a teaching then how among the Christians absurd practices of April Fool have come into existence and these continue up to now. See how absurd is this practice, it is taken as a sign of politeness.2