Ahmadis and the Aryas of Qadian — Page 22
22 gentleness and humility he would have been saved, for God is Beneficent and Merciful and is slow to punish. However, these people utterly deceived him. I know that the sin of his death is upon the necks of the Hindus of Qadian and I regret that they treated him very poorly. These people profess with their tongues that Parmeshwar exists, but I do not accept that their hearts believe in Parmeshwar. Theirs is a strange religion that they utter foul abuse towards how - ever many prophets have passed in the world, and consider them all to be false, as if the small nation of the Aryas has always been the abode of God’s throne and God did not have any connection with other countries; and that He However, Lekhram became impudent after hearing the prophecy, as is the habit of contemptible Hindus, which is why his actual term was not even concluded and a year remained in the time-limit when he was killed according to the prophecy. In the same way after the prophecy in relation to Ahmad Baig was fulfilled—meaning after his death—his successors showed much grief and fear. For this reason God Almighty, in line with His promise, delayed the death of his [Ahmad Baig’s] son-in-law, for it is God’s promise through the words of the prophets that when the befalling of some calamity is prophesied against some people and they become fearful, and their hearts become filled with fear, and they seek mercy from God Almighty through prayer and charity, then God Almighty shows mercy. It is according to this principle that the people of every nation, at a time of trouble, engage in carity and almsgiving. (Author)