The Devotion of Life — Page 505
505 Manifestation of Divine Punishment The late Hadrat Maulvi Muhammad Ilyas Sahib ra relates that in Charsadah , there were three men who were bitter enemies of Ahmadiyyat. God’s Glory and Power work in strange ways. God Almighty humiliated all of the three opponents of Ahmadiyyat. The details of their story are extremely painful. However, from one aspect, it is a very faith-inspiring story. Mullah Mahmood was a sworn enemy of Hadrat Maulvi Muhammad Ilyas ra. He used to practice charms so that Maulvi Sahib’s wife would dislike and leave him. His own end was very dishonourable as he was disgraced for having an affair with a woman who was related to him. Thus, he left his house in such shame that he never returned. The second enemy was a person by the name of Akbar Shah. He was an excellent swimmer and used to say, ‘If Muhammad Ilyas comes to the river to swim, I will drown him in the river. ’ All Glory belongs to God Almighty! Akbar Shah himself died due to drowning while swimming in the river. The story of the third person is a lesson for others. Mukarram Khan was a very powerful landlord and the Numberdar of Charsadah. He had exceeded all the limits of oppression through carrying out a social boycott. God Almighty punished him in this way: First his wife died from tuberculosis and then his three sons died one after the other in front of his eyes from the same disease. He lost all his assets in gambling. He was dismissed from the post of Numberdar. He became so poor that he had to drive a horse-drawn carriage to earn his livelihood. One day, a strange thing happened. Hadrat Maulvi Sahib was travelling in a horse carriage and asked the person steering