Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 312
312 AHMADIYY AT speeded such of them as were moving towards India on their way, often at the gravest risk of their own lives and security. There has not been known a single instance' in which an Ahmadi in Pakistan killed or caused any hurt or injury to a non-Muslim in those dreadful days, or was guilty of appro- priating any moveable belonging of a non-Muslim. On both sides of the border immovable properties of evacuees were taken over by government and were administered by depart- ments set up for the purpose. It is worthy of reflection: How was it that at a time when all moral and spiritual values had suffered such large-scale stultification over large areas on both sides of the border, every member of the Ahmadiyya Movement was enabled to uphold them in situations of the gravest peril and provoca-. tion? It is true that this could only be done by the grace and mercy of God, but the question remains: How is it that such grace and mercy were bestowed in such large and perfect measure not only, as in the case of other communities also, upon outstanding individuals, but upon every member of the Ahmadiyya Movement?. Large numbers of them had suffered and passed through all the horrors that were inflicted upon the Muslims in East Punjab. They endured the suffering and the misery in a spirit of steadfastness. In their case it proved a cleansing experience and not a demoralizing affliction. Through this experience their relationship with their Maker was strengthened and their faith was invigorated. They emerged from the holo- cau~t with renewed eagerness to march forward with greater zeal and devotion than ever before. On 18 September 1894, the Promised Messiah had received the revelation (Urdu): 'The stigma of migration. ' He himself and Khalifatul Masih II had seen dreams and visions that revealed some of the aspects of the migration with which the Community would be confronted. For in- stance, six years before the partition of the country the Khalifatul Masih saw in a dream that he was at some place at a