Life of Ahmad — Page 172
CHRISTIANS TAKE UP ARMS as 172 D i n and Mirza Imam D i n, 38 who were ever ready to find an opportunity of injuring Ahmad’s as reputation. They showed this letter to Ahmad’s as enemies, including Christian missionaries, with the result that this private letter was published without giving any names in the N u r Afsh a Ĕ , dated May 10th, 1888 and a great deal of adverse criticism was then hurled at Ahmad as. (See for instance, The A rya Patr i ka , Lahore, dated 12-6-1888, p. 5). To meet these scandalous objections, Ahmad as issued two leaflets, dated July 10th and 15th, 1888, respectively, in which he explained the whole situation and also gave further details of the prophecy which was to the following effect: This part of the prophecy was revealed a long time before, in January 1886, and it was communicated to Mirza Ahmad Baig, at Hoshiarpur in the presence of B. Il a h i Bakhsh and Maulaw i Burh a nud D i n ra of Jhelum. In these leaflets Ahmad as made it clear that he was not himself keen on marrying the girl. As a matter of 38 The Riy ad-e- Hind , dated February 15th, 1886, Vol 1, No. 16, publishes the fact that Mirza Imam D i n became an A rya for a short time. 'As he could not be bothered with any fetters of religion,' it continues, 'he could not follow the A ryas, nor was fixed there any monthly allowance for him and he remained in penury as before, so he has devised a new plan,' he has become the head of the sweepers of Qadian.