Life of Ahmad — Page 297
as CHIEF SCRIBE OF DELHI 297 He went on preaching, saying: 'God has sent me to deliver the captives, and to comfort those that are heavy-laden and to relieve them of the burdens which men have put upon their backs. I have come to cleanse mankind from the leprosy of sin and to lead them back to God; I have come to remove hatred, jealousy, envy and strife and to establish peace, goodwill and love. ' When the priests saw that their efforts were of no avail they circulated several handbills which were full of abuse and ridicule. To counteract their evil effect and to vindicate his position, Ahmad as issued a detailed Ishtih a r on October 23rd, 1891, which was printed at the Iftikh a r Press, Delhi. In all sincerity, he again appealed to the good sense of the people and also asked Nadh i r Husain to ponder the matter calmly in the fear of God of which apparently he had none. A detailed report of everything that happened was published in a supplement to the Punjab Gazette , dated November 14th. Seeing that learned mullahs like Muhammad Husain and Nadh i r Husain were afraid of Ahmad as and actuated by a certain amount of jealousy and rivalry, a mullah of Bhopal—Muhammad Bashir— made bold at the invitation of the people of Delhi to have a discussion with Ahmad as on the subject of the death of Jesus as. The; mullah wrote to Ahmad as on 9 Rab i ‘ul Awwal 1309 A. H from Bhopal, Muhalla Gujarpura.