The Afghan Martyrs — Page 127
sympathetic to their point of view, he must shed the blood of an Ahmadi. Shortly after the martyrdom of Hadhrat Neymatulla the King was so disgusted with Mulla Abdulla that he imprisoned him and then ordered that he be lashed to the mouth of a canon. When the canon was fired his body was blown to smithereens and he did not even have the satisfaction of being buried in a grave. Concerning Hadhrat Mulla Neymatulla, it was Qazi Abdur Rahman, a famous divine of Afghanistan, who issued the final edict for death by stoning and probably he was the one who cast the first stone. He had been a great favourite of King Amaanulla Khan and was viewed by all with esteem and extreme respect. After Amaanulla Khan had escaped from Afghanistan in great humiliation the Qazi opposed Bacha Saqqa. He was arrested and brought before Bacha Saqqa who ordered that one by one his limbs should be dismembered. This is indeed an horrific punishment. In the presence of a large crowd a butcher confronts a convict who lies on his back. He cuts off his arms, his feet, his nose, his ears and other parts of the body one by one. After dismemberment of the limbs, when the convict is merely a lump of flesh, the final operation of skinning begins. Qazi Abdur Rahman was brought to the plaza in Kabul where thousands had already assembled. His limbs were dismembered one by one. His screams reached the heavens and his blood gushed out. After dismemberment of his hands, feet, nose and ears etc. , when he was a mere lump of flesh, he was skinned like an animal and his dead body was just discarded. Oh alas, those who oppose the truth and persecute the innocent should learn lessons from these signs and refrain from opposing the truth. 127