An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 368
368 Background During the sojourn of the Promised Messiah as in Lahore, his followers from Sialkot came to see him and requested him for the same honour for Sialkot. The Promised Messiah as agreed and it was settled that he would leave Qadian for Sialkot on October 27, 1903. On his way to Sialkot, thousands of his followers met him at all the railway stations that came on the way to Sialkot. There were large gatherings at the railway stations of Batala, Amritsar, Attari, Lahore, Gujranwala, Wazirabad, and lastly, at the Sialkot railway station where elaborate arrangements were made for the reception of the Promised Messiah as by his followers. The Promised Messiah as was taken from the railway station in a huge procession through the city and there was such a surging crowd that the people who were not Ahmadis tried to avail themselves of the opportunity of having a glimpse of the Promised Messiah as by making a plea that they were “disciples of Mirz a Sahib and wanted to catch a glimpse. ” The Book According to Hadrat Ja la l-ud-D i n Shams ra , this lecture by the Promised Messiah as was delivered on November 2, 1902. The heading of the lecture is Islam but it is known as Lecture Sialkot. The Promised Messiah as wrote this lecture and surprisingly it was printed and published within two days and a poster announcing his lecture was issued saying “ Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the Promised Messiah’s Lecture on Islam. ” It was to be delivered on the morning of November 2, 1903, at Sir ae Mah a r a ja. The lecture was read by Maulav i ‘Abdul Kar i m. In this lecture, the Promised Messiah as presented a lucid comparison of Islam with other religions. He opened the lecture with the remarks: “If we have a book of all the religions of the world then we find with the exception of Islam there is no religion, which does not have some shortcoming or drawback in it. This is not because