The Afghan Martyrs — Page 97
in a state of extreme helplessness and sighs of extreme distress were surely emerging from him. The proverb is certainly true that: "There may be delay but there is no omission in Divine Justice. II The Promised Messiah (PBUH) says: liThe martyrdom destined for Prince Abdul Lateef has come to pass. Retribution for tyranny remains. The truth is that the portion of him who comes to his Lord a sinner is Hell; he shall neither die therein nor live. II (20: 75) (Tazkira-tush-Shahaadatain) It must have taken Sardar Nasrulla Khan a few days to complete his arduous journey from Jalalabad to Kabul. That journey was no less than suffering from Hellish fire. The favourite son of King Abdur Rahman, a brother of Ameer Habeebulla, the heir to the throne, who had been reared in luxury, while hand cuffed and heavily shackled, was traversing a torturous path. He was being escorted with drawn swords. He was being jeered, mocked and laughed at by both the public and the soldiers. Charged with mutiny and the assassination of the Ameer, Nasrulla Khan was presented in the court of King Amaanulla Khan on 3rd April 1919. After sentencing him to life imprisonment the King sent him to prison. For a few days he was confined to a tower and then, according to some accounts, he was lowered into a dry well. Intense shocks administered to him in rapid succession deranged his mind completely and he became oblivious to the world around him. Sometime later, on the instructions of the King he was killed by strangulation and was buried in an obscure place. 97