An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 190
190 Background Immediately after the death of Pandit Lekh Ram, the A ryah Sm a jists started making allegations, that it was the Promised Messiah as who had hatched a conspiracy to murder Pandit Lekh Ram. On April 8, 1897, the Police made a surprise raid on the house of the Promised Messiah as on the suggestion of some Hindus that some incriminating documents could be found which could lead to the discovery that the Promised Messiah as had a hand in the murder of Pandit Lekh Ram. By sheer coincidence the first paper that came to the notice of the Police authorities on the spot were the writings of Pandit Lekh Ram and the Promised Messiah as containing an agreement about the prayer duel which Pandit Lekh Ram had entered into with the Promised Messiah as during his 25 days visit to Qadian many years before. A few of these papers were published in the Istift a ’. The Book The Promised Messiah as addressed a letter to a number of scholars on May 1, 1897, and in this, he explained the purpose and the object of the book. With this letter, he sent a number of publications free. The letter runs as follows: I beg to enclose a copy of the pamphlet named Istift a ’. The motive which has led me to write it is that the A ryah Sam a jists entertain a false notion that Pandit Lekh Ram was murdered at my instigation. I am inclined to excuse them for this as they are entirely ignorant of the supernatural origin of prophecies. According to their belief, inspiration and revelation from God belonged only to hoary antiquity and now they have become extinct. In other words, a Divine manifestation is not eternal, but only a thing of the past. Therefore, they cannot reconcile to the prophetic phenomena with the present age. However, after a study of the pamphlet, it is hoped that it will not only clear me of the charge of participation direct or