The Future of Ahmadiyyat — Page 8
‑ 8 ‑ across the world. However, the next 25 years seem insufficient for this, particularly when looking back at the past 50. Even still, it is true that just 50 years ago there was an individual in Qadian who claimed that God spoke to him and conferred on him a mission to guide the whole world. His neighbours, friends and kin heard his voice and rejected him with arrogance and hate. They called him a liar and vowed to destroy him. Maulawi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi, who was a close friend and acquaintance of the Promised Messiah as during his youth and used to praise his [writings and] essays, said upon hearing his claim that he was the reason the Promised Messiah as achieved his fame and he would be the one to bring him down. Who could have thought that a respectable and powerful figure like Maulawi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi would commit himself to destroying someone and yet fail to do so?