Life of Ahmad — Page 74
AFTER HIS FATHER’S DEATH as 74 obstruct his work. Hence the wife of Mirza Ghulam Q a dir, H urmat Bibi, who was a sister of Imam D i n, did not like Ahmad as. And in fact, it was due to these strained feelings that Ahmad as was indifferent towards his own wife, also named H urmat Bibi, the mother of Mirza Sultan Ahmad and Mirza Fa d l Ahmad. Her brother (Mirza Ali Sher) was married to the sister of Mirza Ahmad Baig, Imam D i n’s brother-in-law. Fa d l Ahmad as was married to the daughter of Mirza Ali Sher. Her own leanings were also towards Imam D i n and his party. She had no attachment to religion at all; and was always carried away by the dominating wave of godless ridicule which Imam D i n and his friends ceaselessly levelled upon religion and Ahmad as. Therefore Ahmad as could not get on with her. He had ceased visiting her and for all practical purposes lived a single life. He continued, however, to arrange for her proper maintenance. The righteous are ever persecuted for the kingdom of Heaven’s sake. A true saint rejoices, indeed, that he has been called upon to bear such suffering for the glory of God. And so, it was with Ahmad as in this respect. Ahmad as was not a man of this world and always shunned its affairs; yet he was not slow in serving the best interests of society. He was ever ready to protect the honour of the weak. There came to Qadian in 1877, a vagabond S a dh u who began to take his physical exercises in public and to make a show of his muscular strength. The credulous Hindus began to look upon him as Han u m a n. As a matter of fact he