This discourse never concluded amicably, as both parties would aim at insulting the other. A trend of street preaching ( munazira) had become highly fashionable in most of the Indian states, with opponents debating face to face and both claiming victory at the end. Intellectual discourse was not however always deemed sufficient in the diverse, religious culture of the British India of his era. The majority of the books written by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as, rich in intellectual discourse, were and still remain a detailed study of the eschatological interpretations of all major world religions. So it was not only the Muslims that required proof of the truthfulness of this messiah, but also the followers of these major faiths. All three religions had mention of such a saviour in their eschatology. His claim caught the attention of not only the Muslims but of Christians and Hindus alike, as these faiths awaited the coming of a saviour in the latter days. While he had the legacy of a whole range of Islamic literature to support his claims, he was given signs by God to show to those who so desired. As with all other claimants of such divinely guided ranks, the people and scholars of his time asked for proofs of his truthfulness. 1908), founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, claimed to be the Promised Messiah, the Mahdi (The Guided One) and a messenger of Allah, subservient to the Holy Prophet of Islam sa. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian (d.
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