Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 379
379 If, in order fco have complete peace, the Hindu gentlemen and the Ayra Samajists are prepared to accept our Holy Prophet, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, as a true Prop- het of God and give up denying and insulting him, I will be the first man to sign an agreement to the effect that we, the members of the Ahmadiyya sect, shall always continue to believe in the Vedas and to speak of the Vedas and the rishis in the most respect- ful terms and bind ourselves to pay to the Hindus a penalty of Rs. 300,000 in case we fail to fulfil the agreement. If the Hindus cordially wish for this peace, they should also sign a similar agreement. This agreement will be as follows: "We believe in Muhammad Mustafa, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, and regard him as a true Prophet. We will always speak of him respectfully as a true believer should- And if we fail to fulfil this agreement, we shall pay to the Leader of the Ahmadiyya Movement Us- 300,000 as a penalty for breach of agreement. " The members of the Ahmadiyya sect now number not less than four hundred thousand and the sum of Rs. 300,000 is not a large surn when we consider the number of the Ahmadis. The Muhammadans that are outside the pale of the Ahrnadiyya sect have no uniformity in their views and aims; they recognise no leader whom they think themselves bound to obey. So I cannot say whether they would join hands with us. Even I am yet regarded by them as an infidel and an Anti-Christ, still I hope when the Hindus make this compact with me, the other Muhammadans will not be so foolish as to have their Holy Prophet abused by speaking insujt/ingly of the scriptures and the leaders of so good mannered a people. In that case, they them- selves will be the cause of the abuse. Such a conduct being incon- sistent with gentlemanliness and decency, I do not think the