Refutation of the Divinity of Christ (Ibtal Uluhiyyat-e-Masih) was originally penned in Urdu by Hazrat Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen, Khalifatul-Masih I(ra). This treatise was written at a time when the atmosphere in British India was dominated by highly charged religious polemics. Christian missionaries engaged in aggressive and well-funded campaigns to denigrate the Holy Founder of Islam(sas) and attack the integrity of Islam. They openly vowed to proselytize the Muslim masses and boasted of the considerable success they enjoyed.
In this treatise, Hazrat Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen(ra), an internationally renowned Muslim scholar and devotee of the Promised Messiah(as), evaluates the arguments put forth by the Christian missionaries to support the notion that Jesus is God and the Son of God. Using the Quran, the Bible, and rational analysis in his cross examination, he effectively rebuts these arguments from various angles.
As a scholar of scripture and linguistics, the author analyses the philology, context, and precedents established in the previous sacred scriptures which Muslims also revere—the Torah and the Gospel—albeit with the caveat that they have endured various degrees of manipulation and interpolation over time. In this way, the author respectfully refutes the arguments of his opponents by applying their own scriptures, standards, and criteria. He also clarifies the various misunderstandings and misinterpretations they attribute to selected verses of the Holy Quran. Readers will find this profound composition to be as inspiring as it is enlightening.
al-Haj Munir-ud-Din Shams
Additional Wakilut-Tasnif, London
July 2021