Review of Barahin Ahmadiyya
by Maulvi Muhammad Husain Batalvi
Maulvi Muhammad Husain Batalvi was a leader of the Ahl-i-Hadith
sect, and editor of a journal Isha‘at as-Sunna, who, from
1891 onwards, became a leading opponent of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
after Hazrat Mirza claimed to be the Promised Messiah. However, earlier
in 1884 when Hazrat Mirza’s book Barahin Ahmadiyya was
published, Muhammad Husain Batalvi wrote a very lengthy review of
this book, highly praising the work.
Some extracts from this historic Review are translated below, followed
by scanned images of the original pages from the journal:
“In our opinion this book, at this time and in view
of the present circumstances, is such that the like of it has not
appeared in Islam up to now, while nothing can be said about the
future. Its author too has been so constant in the service of Islam,
with his money, life, pen and tongue, and personal experience, that
very few parallels can be found in the Muslims. If anyone considers
our words to be an Asian exaggeration, let him show us at least
one such book which so vigorously fights all the opponents of Islam,
especially the Arya and Brahamo Samaj, and let him name two or three
persons who have supported Islam, not only with their wealth, lives,
pen and tongue, but also by personal spiritual experience, and who
have boldly thrown the challenge to all the opponents of Islam and
the deniers of Divine revelation, that whoever doubts the truth
of God speaking to man, he may come and observe it for himself,
thus giving other religions a taste of this experience.”
— Isha‘at as-Sunna, vol. vii, no. 6, June to
August 1884, pages 169–170.
Original pages from Isha‘at
as-Sunna are shown below:
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