Khalifatul-Masih III - Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad — Page 46
Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih III rta 46 THE GREAT TRIAL OF 1974 In 1974, which was the tenth year of the Khilafat of Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih III rta , an anti-Ahmadiyya movement was set into motion as the result of an international conspiracy. A minor incident at the Rabwah railway station became an excuse for executing a pre-arranged plan. The entire country was swept up in the wave of processions, huge assemblies, demonstrations, social boycott of Ahmadis, looting and plundering as well as rampant killings. The perverse enemies burnt Ahmadiyya mosques, copies of the Holy Qur’an, Ahadith, books of the Promised Messiah as and even houses of Ahmadis in some places. Businesses were destroyed and factories were set on fire. Many Ahmadis were martyred in the way of Allah – who all laid down their lives gladly. Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih III rta was summoned to Lahore to record his statement before an Inquiry. Here Allah protected him in a miraculous manner. Some extremists had the evil intention of attempting to assassinate him. The personal chauffeur of Huzoor rta narrated that the whole staff was most worried; Khuddam were on constant security duty – Allah so willed that black clouds came out all of a sudden and he himself did not notice when Huzoor rta had arrived and sat in the car. Thus, they were miraculously able to