Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 233
233 O God, this man [ Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as ] is the cause of grave mischief in Your religion. He warns peo - ple that the plague has come on account of him and that the earthquakes are the result of a denial of his claims. O God, prove him a liar. Remove the plague, so that the lie becomes evident, and cause the truth to become distin - guished from falsehood. 7 This prayer was sent for printing, but how the Hand of God seized him! The prayer had not yet been pressed on the printing stone when the plague—which had been described by Hadrat Mirza Sahib as as a Divine Sign, and for the disappearance of which this Maulaw i had addressed this prayer to God—seized him and his family. First, his two sons, who were his only off - spring, died. Then his wife ran away with another man. Then he himself fell a victim to the plague and died. His dying words were, ‘Now even God has abandoned me. ’ The death of Chir a gh D i n of Jummu is a powerful testimony to the fact that hostility towards men of God is no small matter, for sooner or later it brings Divine punishment. There were scores of others who offered similar mub a halah prayers against the Promised Messiah as and were soon seized by God. One of these was Maulaw i Ghul a m Dastg i r of Kas u r, a renowned and influential scholar belonging to the H anaf i school of thought. He also prayed against the Promised Messiah as and invoked Divine punishment upon whoever was the liar. Within a few months, this Maulaw i died of the plague and became a warn - ing for others.