Ahmadis and the Aryas of Qadian — Page 13
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as 13 come to see me and those are the same cities of Amritsar, Lahore etc. where, whenever I go, hundreds of people come to the railway to receive me—on some occasions this number increases to thousands. Likewise, in 1903 when I travelled to Jehlum, everyone is aware that around eleven-thousand people came to receive me. Similarly, at the time there was no trace of the continuous arriv - al of hundreds of guests in Qadian that is currently the case. Moreover, all the Hindus of Qadian, especially Lala Shrampat and Lala Malawamal—who, under pressure from their nation, deny the signs of God 1 —know well that in those days the reception room of my home was desolate and empty, and none came to see me, though these people would come to visit me twice or thrice a day or thereabouts. They can narrate all this under oath. Thus was the summary of my speech on the day of the gathering: that God Almighty’s argument had been completed upon the Aryas of Qadian. The argument has 1 I honestly do not know whether, in reality, Lala Shrampat and Lala Malawamal have genuinely denied all the signs which they have witnessed. I only write this considering the Arya newspaper. I do not hope that a man can become so un-fearing of God Almighty that he denies his own eye-witness testimony. In the end, everyone’s case is dealt by God Almighty. (Author)