Life of Ahmad — Page 701
as THE WALL 701 which the wall was built. In view of this Ahmad’s as lawyers lost hope and one of them, Khw a ja Kam a l- ud-D i n, suggested to Ahmad as that some sort of a private settlement should be arrived at with Mirza Imam D i n in the matter and the case be withdrawn from the court. Ahmad as reluctantly agreed to this, but Mirza Imam D i n was not a man who could agree to any reasonable course. He bore personal enmity against Ahmad as and the very religion of Islam displeased him. He became still more aggressive. Even before this he used to hurl abuse upon visitors to Qadian the moment they alighted from the ekka in front of the Mosque, and already he did whatever he could to molest and annoy the people who came to see Ahmad as from distant places. Now his haughty temper knew no bounds. It became intolerable. He said that he was going to erect other walls all round Ahmad’s as house and keep every body indoors. The word of God had come to Ahmad as telling him of his ultimate victory. God had also indicated that some hidden things would be brought to light. So in fulfilment of these words another record was incidently discovered by Ahmad’s as representatives which proved that Imam D i n was not in sole possession of the site under dispute. The name of Ahmad’s as father was also entered along with Imam D i n, so he had no right to erect the wall. The plaint was therefore amended accordingly. One of the defendants, Mirza Kam a l D i n, applied to the court on February 12th, 1901, that he should be