Ahmadis and the Aryas of Qadian — Page 15
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as 15 from inclining towards me and turn away from provid - ing financial assistance. However, the world is aware that at the time of the announcement my community was not larger than sixty or seventy people. This is something that can be well ascertained from government registers, that at the time, the monthly income was thirty or forty rupees at the most, however, after this announcement it was as if a river of financial aid began to flow. Till today many hun - dreds of thousands of people have entered into my Bai’at and even now close to five hundred people enter into my Bai’at every month. From this it is proven that man cannot compete with God. My statement is not without evidence: Malawamal’s announcement is still with me today which was written with the advice of Lala Shrampat. A govern - ment census for guest numbers had been prescribed for our community, thus, read the date of publication for this announcement and on the other hand read through official documents; compare that time and the time after it as to how many guests would arrive prior to the announcement, how much money would be received, and afterwards, the degree of God’s help that came to be part of this. The matter of my community’s strength at the time when Malawamal published his announcement can become ap - parent through records of money orders and records of