An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 392
392 Background Hadrat Ja la l-ud-D i n Shams ra in the introduction to this book says: “The Promised Messiah as was prompted to write this book on account of vicious and provocative interruption of A ryas of Qadian on the occasion of annual Jalsa of 1906. ” Repeated contention by L a lah Sharampat R a ’i and others that they had never seen any heavenly sign of the Promised Messiah as disappointed him. The Promised Messiah as mentioned a number of heavenly signs of which these A ryas of Qadian were a witness and they intentionally denied that they are a witness. The people of the A ryah Sam a j had been, from the very beginning, against the Promised Messiah as. They had always been engaged in all sorts of plots to curb, in their own mind, the growth of this Movement. These activities of the A ryah Sam a j reached their height in 1905-1906. They set up a school called Dy a nand Jubilee School as a parallel institution to “Ta‘l i mul Islam Madrasah” and also founded a journal in Qadian under the name of Shubh Chantak. Somraj was its editor and the prime object of this journal was to publish all filthy and vulgar attacks against the Promised Messiah as. To crown all these efforts, on December 27, 1906, when over two thousand Ahmadis had arrived in Qadian for taking part in the annual gathering and were offering the Maghrib Prayer led by the Promised Messiah as , the A ryah Sam a j opened up a loud speaker blaring at the Masjid A q s a and making highly obscene and vulgar attacks against the Promised Messiah as and the Holy Prophet sa. All this had happened in the presence of a Police Inspector, who had come from Batala for the maintenance of peace. When the Promised Messiah as finished the Maghrib Prayer, he urged upon his followers to exercise restraint and show patience. He said that God watches all this, and the oppressor will be punished and the Hindus of Qadian are under the wrath of God, for they bear witness to the fact that I was an unknown figure twenty six years ago, and at that time, He informed me that hundreds