Life of Ahmad — Page 247
247 CHAPTER 23 THE PHARISEE OF BATALA On February 10th, 1891, Maulaw i Muhammad Husain of Batala wrote the following letter to Maulaw i N u r- ud-D i n from Lahore: 'Copies of the letters which have passed between myself and Mirza Sahib have been sent to you so that you may have a say in the matter if you are so inclined. I am determined to refute the claim of Mirza Sahib. You always talk about him with others, but when I said something to you about Mirza Sahib you were displeased. 56 If it is the same with you still, then I have nothing to suggest; but if you have the courage of hearing and saying anything about him, then it would be better if you could come to Lahore and have a talk. Tau dih -e-Mar a m and Iz a la’-e-Auh a m cannot prove his claim. (The writer of this letter had not yet seen Fat h -e- Islam and Tau di h-e-Maram ; Iz a la’-e-Auh a m 56 According to Maulaw i Muhammad Husain himself he had asked the addressee of this letter to admonish the author of the Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyya.