Intro
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the classic Punjabi fraudster, in 1879, he literally promised 300 arguments (See BA-3, online english edition, page 2) to defend Islam and for only .94 cents. Check out Bro Imtiaz and Adnan covering this topic herein. He had promised the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent 300 arguments in favor of Islam in roughly 1878. He made many announcements about a completed book to refute the Hindus and Christians, which we have no idea where they were published. MGA started asking for .94 paisa (94 cents), then the price kept going up. Ironically, MGA had already collected roughly 900 rupees from Muslims who wanted this book. Why was MGA constantly raising the price?
However, he only delivered one argument, and that argument was his claim of prophethood, which immediately got him declared as a Kafir by the ulema in India.
The Ahl-e-Hadith Muslims of North India tore up the Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya and sent it back to Qadian in that state (1884-1885 era), these were the Muslims who had invested heavily in the publishing of the Barahin. MGA stopped at one argument and even that was incomplete, see the quote in the below. In 1886, in Surmah Chashmay Arya, MGA again asserted that the Barahin was ready to be published, however, funds were needed. For the next 20 years, this promise remained broken. In 1906-1907 (See Haqiqatul Wahy), MGA and his team of writers of spoke about the creation of Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya Vol. 5. However, it was not completed or published in MGA’s life.
After MGA died, Noorudin (who was the main ghost writer) wrote BA-5 and had it published in October of 1908, he added that MGA promised 50 volumes and 50=5. MGA didn’t write this at all. In fact, BA-5 isn’t even a continuation of BA 1-4, it is altogether a new book and in-fact contains 3-4 small booklets which were mashed together to create BA-5, one of which is Nusrat ul Haq and at least 40 pages of nonsensical poetry.
The ROR of Oct-1916 also confesses that the Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya was supposed to contain 300 arguments, this is via Qazi Abdullah, an Ahmadi missionary in London. The ROR of Sep-1939 also discusses the Barahin series and confesses that 2500 pages of the Barahin were ready to be published in 1879, however, this is a total lie. The ROR of Sep-1939 also confesses that only 1 argument out of 300 was given in the BA 1-4. The ROR of Sep-1939 also lies and claims that BA-5 was published (appeared) in 1905, which is a lie, it was published posthumously in Oct-1908. The ROR of Feb-1940 has a review on the Barahin series and even mentions how MGA offered a 10,000 rupee reward for anyone who could refute him.
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Isha‘atus-Sunnah No. 4. Vol. 2, pages 3 and 4.
ishatul-sunnah-1879-jild-02-zameema : mindroastermir : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
What is the “Ishaat-us-Sunnah”–the Ahle hadith newspaper edited Muhammad Hussain Batlavi – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
Life-of-Ahmad.pdf (alislam.org)
See also Majmua Ishtiharat
Majmoo-e-Ishtihaarat, Collection of Advertisements, vol.1 pp.11-12, Advertisement dated May 1879
A portion of the book (probably 2500 pages) seems to have been completed by May 1879 when a notice concerning it was published in the Damima Isha‘atus-Sunnah No. 4. Vol. 2, pages 3 and 4 (issued in May 1879)(see Dard, page 90).
—“It should be known to my Religious Brothers and Honorable Mannered and Supporters of Religion of Islam and the Followers of Sunnah of Prophet (SAAW) that this humble self has compiled such a book on truthfulness of Quran and the truthfulness of Islam that after reading it the seeker of the truth will have no choice but to embrace Islam ……. to publish such a huge book is very difficult without the help of Muslim brothers. And the reward to help in such an important project is not hidden from even an ordinary Muslim. Therefore it is requested from the faithful brothers that they should participate in this good work and help in its publication. If rich people give just one day expenditure of their kitchen, this book will be printed easily, otherwise this shining moon will remain hidden. Or else, all such persons who can afford, with the intention of purchasing the book, send Rs. 5 with their applications to me. As the book is published, it will be posted to them.” (Majmoo-e-Ishtihaarat, Collection of Advertisements, vol.1 pp.10-12, Advertisement dated May 1879). (old ref).
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—MGA says: “””What is the need of writing this book (See Imtiaz, 22:50 time stamp)? It is because of Pundit Dayanand and his Arya Samaj group and his followers. These people deny the prophets (like Musa [as], Eisa [as] and Muhammad [saw]). And they consider all the revealed books, like the Torah, Injeel and Quran as fabrications. And they are committing unprecedented blasphemies which NO ONE can tolerate. One such person (a member of the Arya Samaj) has published an announcement in the Safar-e-Hind magazine wherein they are asking Muslims to establish the truthfulness of the Quran. Thus, I have written this book (the Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya) to respond to them. In this book (the Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya) I have finished off the Arya Samaj Hindus and their arguments.
MGA says that initially he wrote the book in 15 Juz (parts). However, I was forced to add 9 additional Juz (parts), which makes the book 150 Juz (parts)…..every part (hissa) of this book, which will be published in 1000 copies, MGA needs 940 rupees.
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—“To publish such a huge book is very difficult without the help of Muslim brothers. And the reward to help in such an important project is not hidden from even an ordinary Muslim. Therefore, it is requested from the faithful brothers that they should participate in this good work and help in its publication. If rich people give just one day expenditure of their kitchen, this book will be printed easily, otherwise this shining moon will remain hidden. Or else, all such persons who can afford, with the intention of purchasing the book, send Rs. 5 with their applications to me. As the book is published, it will be posted to them.” Majmoo-e-Ishtihaarat, Collection of Advertisements, vol.1 pp.11-12, Advertisement dated May 1879. (old ref). Page 20 in the new edition
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—“Anyone who will refute the proofs given in this book …..I will give up all my assets worth Rs. 10,000 and hand over to him everything.” (Majmoo-e-Ishtihaarat, Collection of Advertisements, vol.1 pp.11-12, Advertisement dated May 1879).(old ref).
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1879
Dec-3rd
(Advertisement dated 3rd Dec. 1879, Majmoo-e-Ishtihaarat, Collection of Advertisements, vol.1 p. 13). old edition. Page 21 in the newest edition.
“….the beautiful script and writing and fine paper etc. necessities and care with which this book will be published, the real value of this book was not less than Rs.20. But only on the hope of and with a view that certain rich and ambitious Muslims will pay full attention and thus the loss incurred due to low price would be compensated, price was fixed at Rs.5 only. But this did not happen and I have also grown tired of waiting…..”.
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MGA says on Page 22, “Whoever has paid money already, (MGA will give it to them for 5 rupees) other than them, the price of this book is 10 rupees””.
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1880
Braheen e Ahmadiyya-1, RK-1, page 2
Online English edition, see page 1
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya (Parts I & II) (alislam.org)
“”I would like to submit for the kind attention of all honourable and respected buyers of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, that this is a fairly sizeable book, comprising more than 100 juz’,** and by the time the complete book is printed, its volume is expected to increase further on account of the footnotes that will be added to it from time to time. It is being printed on high quality paper, in beautiful script, satisfying all the requirements of style and elegance. This is why the actual cost of publication has been estimated at twenty-five rupees per volume. Initially, the price was fixed at five rupees so that—as it was then proposed—”””
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1880
Braheen e Ahmadiyya 2, Roohani Khazien 1, page 62
See pages 74, 79 and 155, online english edition
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II (alislam.org)
MGA made lots of excuses for the delay
“We wrote Braheen e Ahmadiyya after observing hundreds of defects and evils in the society. In the mentioned book, the truth of Islam was shinning in fact more than the sun because of 300 strong and sound arguments.”
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Braheen e Ahmadiyya 3, Roohani Khazien 1, page 134
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III (alislam.org)
See pages 2-3, online english edition
MGA says: “Here, it should also be mentioned that this book initially comprised only thirty to thirty-five juzw’ that were subsequently extended to a hundred juzw’. Also, the price was fixed at ten rupees for Muslims in general and twenty-five for non-Muslims and affluent ones. But now, in order to make the research more comprehensive and the arguments more conclusive, it has been extended to three hundred juzw’. In view of the additional expenses, it was considered necessary that the price in the future should be set at one hundred rupees. However, considering the apathy of the masses, it was deemed advisable that the negligible price set earlier should be permanently fixed for the future, so that people are not burdened beyond their capacity. However,
buyers will not be entitled to rightfully demand those sections of the book for which they have not paid. Whatever they receive in excess of their payment will be sent to them [as a free gift] for the sake of Allah and only those will get its reward who support this cause solely for the sake of Allah.”””
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Majmua Ishtiharat, page 426
See Imtiaz, 1:47:40 time stamp
https://www.youtube.com/live/r41Y3Dj12vc?si=jXiRwC4_f9VwvbW1
–the delay in publication of Barahin is not blameworthy
–Imam Bukhari spent 16 years in collecting hadith, so don’t blame me
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1882-1885
What is Maktubat-e-Ahmadiyyah? – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
Maktoobat Vol1 page 306
Mir ‘Abbas ‘Ali Sahib of Ludhiana was the first ever #exahmadi – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
MGA says he spent the money! This is a letter to Meer Abbas (also spelled Mir Abbas).
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1886
What is Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat? – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
The full ref can be found in the above link
The Ahmadiyya Movement seems to have fabricated an announcement wherein MGA said that:::
“”All these evidences will be found by perusal of the book which will consist of nearly 4800 pages of which about 592 pages have been published””.
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1893
Majmua Ishtiharat, page 424
See Imtiaz, 1:47:40 time stamp
https://www.youtube.com/live/r41Y3Dj12vc?si=jXiRwC4_f9VwvbW1
–you are not deprived completely, I delivered something, 36 juz.
–I am making a Dua, and doing some reflection
–I am only wanting to do a proper research
–MGA claims that he could have written 20 books in the intervening time period
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1892-1893
A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 5, page 311
See the explanation by Bro Imtiaz (1:28:40 time stamp)
https://www.youtube.com/live/r41Y3Dj12vc?si=hEzpOvjS8Fb7cgz9
“””I have no knowledge of your detailed biography before the time of Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya, but I know this much, that from the time of Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya’s publication, you started to lie and you started to deceive the people..”
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1900
MGA on the delay of the Braheen and other people’s investment money
December 15, 1900 AD [RK, v 17, pp. 457-458; starts at last line of p. 457, above the marginal note; Arba`een Number 4].”””
In 1900, MGA and his team wrote:
[RK, v 17, pp. 448-458; Arba`een Number 4]. The article is dated
December 1900. In this he censures his critics and claims that he has Divine support etc. Toward the end of the article is the following:
“””If I have received from you the payment for the price of Baraaheen-e-Ahmadiyya then I invoke the oath of God Almighty upon you, in Whose presence you will be made to appear, that [you should] return all those four parts of Baraaheen-e-Ahmadiyya to my custody and take your money back. Look, I make this open announcement that after this if you demand the price [refund] of Baraaheen-e-Ahmadiyya and, having shown [those parts] to some friend of mine, send [return] all four parts to me, as value payable, and if I, after receiving the four parts, do not pay their price, then [may] the curse of God [be] upon me. … And prior to this I have published three announcements, regarding the price [refund] of Baraaheen, which had the same content that I am prepared to return the price. [These people] should return all the four parts of my book and receive from me the few paltry coins that they are dying for. … [Dated]
_______________________________________________________________________________________________In 1900, MGA promised 40 parts for his books Arbaeen, however, he only gives 4 calls it even
Roohani Khazain vol.17, Arba’een No. 4, Page 442, http://www.alislam.org/ur…uhani-Khazain-Vol-17.pdf, PDF 477
“Just as God had initially fixed 50 prayers then reduced it to 5 in place of 50, similarly according to the Sunnah of Rabb-e-Kareem, I reduce for the sake of viewers and pronounce number 4 as 40.”
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1907
MGA claims that he has instead written millions of arguments
(Badar,volume 6, No. 17, page 7-8, 25 April 1907)(Malfoozat volume 5 page 206, new edition)
“People said that the promise of giving arguments mentioned in Braheen is not fulfilled. Though there are millions of arguments in Braheen for the truth of Islam.”
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Haqiqatul Wahy
Online English edition, see page 423
Haqiqatul-Wahi – Philosophy of Divine Revelation (alislam.org)
MGA admits to being flat broke at the time of the publishing of Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya. MGA alleges that Khalifah Sayyad Muhammad Hasan (a Minister of State of Patiala) sent him 500 rupees (see page 423), however, in BA1+2 (see pages 6 & 11), MGA alleged it was 325= 250+75. However, MGA’s math is off.
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1908
Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya, online english edition, pages 1-2
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V (alislam.org)
“””Many a time I experienced heartfelt pain that a long time had elapsed in completing Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya. Nevertheless, despite the utmost effort and urgency caused by the demand for the book from its buyers, and the strong criticism filled with the filth of ill-suspicion and obscene language during this protracted time, and such a prolonged period of delay—and [such objections] could genuinely arise in minds because of such a prolonged delay—the wisdom of divine providence did not enable me to complete this book. This shows that man does not have the power to step outside the limits established by divine decree and determination. I regret the fact—indeed, my heart aches to think of the fact—that so many people who had agreed to buy this book passed away from this world even before it could be completed; however, as I have already written, man is subject to divine decree.”””
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MGA says it’s not required (See BA-5, online english edition, page 5)
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1923
A summary of the quotation of Seeratul Mahdi- Number 123
It says that 300 arguments were Written on 2500 pages but in fact Only One Incomplete argument could be printed in Braheenay Ahmadia in total of 4 volumes. He says he heard that earlier writings were burned.
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Links and Related Essay’s
The Arya Samaj of Qadian – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2017/07/16/the-queen-of-the-princely-state-of-bhopal-invested-heavily-1878-into-mirza-ghulam-ahmad-and-his-braheen-they-were-disappointed-by-the-product/
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and Dayananda, the full history – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
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