Life of Ahmad — Page 580
580 CHAPTER 60 ELEVATION OF RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION In 1897 a renegade from Islam, Dr. Ahmad Shah Sh a ’iq (formerly Medical Officer of Ladakh, living at Oxford), who had turned Christian, wrote a book attacking the consorts of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. It was printed at the R. P. Mission Press, Gujranwala, and published by a Christian, named Parshotam D a s, as the agent of the author in India. One thousand copies of this book were sent free to Muslims, Ahmad as received a copy on 15-2-1898. The book wounded the hearts of Muslims deeply and caused considerable excitement among them. The Promised Messiah as saw that the excitement was going to produce a bad effect upon the peace of the country. 141 141 In his booklet A Cry of Pain Ahmad as said: 'It has wounded the feeling of sixty millions of Her Majesty’s Muslim subjects living in the Punjab and other provinces of India by its abusive, scurrillous & contemptuous tone & by using the most indecent & insolent epithets and grossly offensive language towards our Lord and Master, the Seal of the Prophets, the holiest of the holy, Hadrat Muhammad Mu st af a sa and has so severely