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Rh this time they have not understood what is meant by interpolation.

Yea, in the revealed verses and in the utterances of the Ahmadic Mirrors (Imams), there is mention made of "alteration by the self-exalting ones" and "interpolation by the proud ones;" but these are spoken of in connection with special instances. Among them is the story of Ibn-Souria (a Jewish Rabbi). When the people of Khaibar questioned the Point of the Koran (Mohammed) concerning the sentence against adultery committed between a married man and a married woman, His Holiness said that the sentence of God is stoning. They contradicted Him, saying "there is no such command in the Pentateuch." His Holiness said: "Among your Rabbis, whom do you consider an authority and whose words do you acknowledge? "They agreed upon Ibn-Souria. His Holiness summoned him and said: "I adjure thee by God who cleft the sea for you, sent down manna for you, overshadowed you by the cloud, delivered you from Pharaoh and his people and exalted you above men to tell us that which Moses hath ordained concerning the sentence against adultery between a married man and a married woman." He replied, "O Mohammed, it is stoning." His Holiness said, " Why then is this sentence abolished and not enforced among the Jews?" He replied, "When Nebuchadnezzar burned Jerusalem and put the Jews to death, only a small number survived. The divines of that