Tohfa A Golarvia (A Gift for Golarvi) تحفہ گولڑویہ
Author: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Pir Mehar ‘Ali Shah of Golarha produced a book against the Promised Messiah (as) entitled Shamsul-Hidayah fi Ithbate Hayatil-Masih in support of the general belief that Jesus, son of Mary, is alive in heaven. This book, published in January 1900, was in fact the work of Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi but appeared under the authorship of Pir Sahib. Hazrat Maulavi Hakim Nuruddin (ra) saw a few pages of the book in the Mustafia Press, Lahore, where it was under print and asked Pir Sahib eleven questions and he wanted full references of the work of Ibn Jarir and Ibn Kathir, so that his contention could be fully refuted. Pir Sahib first avoided the subject but eventually acknowledged the fact that the book was not written by him but by Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi, who was not available and, therefore, the references asked by Hazrat Maulavi Hakim Nuruddin (ra) could not be given. This was a very disappointing reply and exposed utter ignorance of the Pir Sahib. Thereupon, Hazrat Maulavi Abdul Karim (ra) wrote a crushing rejoinder in the al-Hakam, which had started appearing in Qadian (April 24, 1900): To cover up his own ignorance of the Holy Quran and Ahadith, Pir Sahib had the cheek to insinuate that the Promised Messiah (as) had no knowledge of the Holy Quran. To this, the Promised Messiah (as) replied through an Ishtihar (July, 1900) and invited him to appear at a meeting with him to be held at Lahore where forty verses of the Quran may be selected by lots, in the presence of the audience