Foreword

In 1891, a Christian by the name of Abdullah James posed three questions about the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and invited Anjuman Himayat-e-Islam to furnish replies to those questions. The Anjuman submitted these questions to Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad(as), the Promised Messiah, and two other accomplished scholars: Hazrat Maulawi Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen(ra) and Maulawi Ghulam Nabi of Amritsar.

The Anjuman published all three replies to these questions in 1892 under the title Eik ‘Isa’i kei Tin Sawal aur unkei Jawabat. In that original seventy-two-page publication, forty-seven pages documented the response of the Promised Messiah(as), nineteen pages covered the reply by Hazrat Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen(ra), while Maulawi Ghulam Nabi’s response occupied the last five pages.

This book is the reply from Hazrat Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen(ra). Abdullah James had argued that the Holy Prophet(sas) had been in doubt about his own prophethood, did not possess any knowledge of the unseen, and failed to show any miracles. Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen(ra) rebuts these points with profound wisdom and comprehensive arguments. The reader will quickly appreciate his ability to disarm unfounded criticism, and his expertise in linguistics.

al-Haj Maulana Munir-ud-Din Shams
Additional Wakilut-Tasnif, London
July 2021