Was Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Planted By The British? — Page 8
Was Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Planted by the British? 8 hitting it five times with their shoes they had rendered it purified. " These were the Sikh rulers from whose clutches the British delivered the Muslims. Various historical records contain detailed and very painful accounts of their dreadful atrocities against Muslims. Muhammad Ja‘far Th a nisar i ’s book, Saw a ni h- e -Ahmad i , contains a published account of Ha d rat Sayyed A h med Barailaw i (who was the mujaddid , or reformer, preceding the Promised Messiah as ) in which he states: "During our journey through the state of Punjab, we approached a water-well to drink water. We saw a few Sikh women who were drawing water from this well. Since we were not conversant with the local dialect, [we used sign language, and] by placing our cupped hands near our mouths we indicated to them that we were thirsty and requested them for drinking water. At this, those women cautiously looked around and then addressed us in Pashto, saying: 'We are Muslim women, of Afghan origin and were residents of such and such country and village. The local Sikhs have forcibly brought us here. '" This is just one incident which is mentioned in the above book. However, the details of atrocities committed by the Sikhs, contained in the Encyclopaedia of Sikh Literature , are heart-rending.