Ahmadis and the Aryas of Qadian — Page 30
30 Bisambardar, owing to prayer, shall be forgiven but he shall not be aquitted. And the Brahmin Khushhal shall neither be aquitted and nor shall there be any reduction in his im - prisonment, so that it serves as a sign of the acceptance of prayer. In the end this is what came to pass and after a few weeks the case reverted back to the district, and half of Bisambar Das’ sentence was reduced. However, not a sin - gle day from the sentence given to the Brahmin Khushhal was reduced, and both were deprived of being acquitted. Shrampat should also explain under oath that is it not true that when the decision was finally made according to my prophecy Lala Shrampat wrote me a letter [stating] that ow - ing to my virtuous disposition God disclosed these hidden matters to me and accepted the prayer. Lala Shrampat should also explain, under oath, that is it not true that for a certain period of time he con - tinued to lie to me that his brother Bisambar Das had been acquitted. And when Hafiz Hidayat Ali, who in those days was the Tahsildar of Batala, by conincidence came to Qadian and it was around ten o’clock that Bisambar Das met him outside the male quarters of my house, and he said to Bisambar Das that I am happy that you were saved from imprisonment but I regret that you were not acquit - ted. Then I asked Shrampat as to why he had lied to me for