Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya-Parts1-2

INTrodUcTIoN
He also laid down upright rules for religious dialogue and discussion.
He says:
Anyone who wishes to reply to this book must respond in
two ways as per the conditions laid down in the Challenge
[in Part I]. They must produce arguments from their own
scriptures, for comparison with the arguments of the Holy
Quran, and must also refute the arguments I have given. If
they fail to present comparable evidence from their own
scriptures and focus entirely on countering my arguments,
it will be taken to mean that they are totally incapable of
providing evidence for the divine origin of their Book. (see
Part II, Preface, on page 104)
Based on the Holy Quran, he declared that all religious founders
whose teachings have become widespread must be honoured
and accepted as true. He also appealed for due courtesy in all
religious discussions.
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya was started with the intent of providing
300 rational arguments in support of the divine origin of the Holy
Quran and the truthfulness of the Holy Prophet sa . While still writing
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Hadrat Ahmad as started receiving an
abundance of divine revelations, many of which are recorded in
Parts III and IV. He states at the end of Part IV:
In the beginning, when I wrote this book, the situation
was very different from now. Thereafter, the Providence
of Allah the Almighty descended upon me with the spiritual
light that made me aware, like Moses, of which I
was totally unaware before. I was wandering, like Hadrat
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