The Afghan Martyrs

by B. A. Rafiq

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The Afghan Martyrs — Page 126

I have the honour to remain, Your Excellency's Most humble servant, Zafrulla Khan Barrister-at-Law A Lesson Our God jealously guards the honour of those whom He loves and recompenses those responsible for evil deeds so that others may learn a lesson and see that the lives sacrificed in the way of Allah are never wasted. The blood that is shed does ultimately produce beneficent results and acts like a fertilizer for the progress of Islam. Those responsible for killing Hadhrat Sahibzada Abdul Lateefwere eventually humbled and annihilated by the Almighty. Everyone who threw a stone at him was punished with cholera and ultimately the tyrannical, despotic King, Ameer Habeebulla Khan became the target of a shot fired by an unknown person. It is indeed strange that those who chose the path of the persecution of Ahmadis and were destined to perish, met their end through a human hand and were killed without the assassin ever being traced. To this day it is not known who killed Ameer Habeebulla Khan. He who assassinated like Laikh Ram and vanished and has not been traced to this day. Then Zia-ul-Haq was also punished and to this day no one has been able to solve this riddle either. Mulla Abdulla, alias Mullai Lang was in the forefront of those who brought an edict of 'kufr' and were responsible for agitation against Hadhrat Mulla Neymatulla. He was the first person to counsel the King that in order to quell the rebellion and to repudiate the charge that he had become a Qadiani or was 126