The Afghan Martyrs — Page 99
in their tent protected by the Royal Guards who had reported for duty. Around midnight the Angel of Death emerged. Despite extreme security measures all around, an unknown person entered the Royal tent, shot the King through his temple with a pistol and slipped out of the cordon. The King died instantly on 20th February 1919 and to this day it is not known who killed him. It is amazing that some other renowned opponentS of Ahmadiyyat also met their end in a similar manner. Throwing dust into the eyes of the world, an assassin stabbed Laikh Ram with a knife in broad daylight and then just vanished into thin air. The competent British Indian police failed in all their attempts to find the assasSIn. Similarly, Zia-ul-Haq who rose claiming that he would 'eradicate the cancer of Ahmadiyyat from the body of Islam" (God forbid) became a target of Divine wrath. To this day no one knows who 'was responsible for the explosion of his aircraft. Just like Habeebulla, the army had assumed responsibility for his security, but no one could save him from the Divine grip. Similar was the end of Habeebulla. The mill of God's wrath continued to grind and the hour approached when in retribution for the outrage, the gift of monarchy was snatched from the progeny ofHabeebulla Khan and an end was put to their suzerainty. No one shed a single tear for them either on earth or in the heavens and on the surface of the earth no one remembers them anymore. On the other hand, currently, from the bottom of their hearts ten million Ahmadis pray for the exaltation of the station of the Sahibzada. It is destined that right up to Domesday the number of those who pray for the Sahibzada will continue to grow. 99