Life of Ahmad — Page 249
as THE PHARISEE OF BATALA 249 feelings of Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra by finding fault with Ahmad as. Maulaw i N u r-un-D i n ra , being a devoted disciple of Ahmad as , would not listen to any nonsense against his spiritual master from Muhammad Husain. In this Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra was doing no wrong to Muhammad Husain. But he complained of it and complained to the very personage against whom, in his madness, he really wanted to start a campaign! At first Ahmad as did not desire to say anything in the matter. On February 20th, or 21st, he simply informed Muhammad Husain that he could not interfere. The reason for this was that the cause of complaint concerned his own person. But when pressed in the matter Ahmad as wrote on February 23rd to Muhammad Husain that his writing was harsh as compared with that of Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n ra and further remarked that in forming this opinion he had not been in any way partial towards Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra. Prophets of God are not arbitrary judges or mere philosophers. Their love for the moral and spiritual amelioration of mankind supercedes every other consideration. They care little for their own prestige. So Ahmad as took this opportunity of impressing upon Muhammad Husain the supreme necessity and importance of humility for man. In the same letter he wrote to Muhammad Husain: 'God likes humility and humbleness; and the dealings of the Muslim divines with their fellow-beings should be of the highest