Life of Ahmad — Page 89
89 CHAPTER 7 HE STAKES HIS ALL FOR ISLAM In the beginning Ahmad as was content with contributing articles to newspapers; but when he saw that the enemies of Islam were getting bolder in their attacks and that Muslims, unable to withstand their assaults, were daily losing ground, his zeal for Islam was fired. Directed by a Divine revelation, he resolved to write a book expounding such data in proof of the truth of Islam as would completely disarm his opponents and stop them from venturing in the field against Islam ever after; and in case they did so, to furnish every Muslim with arguments sufficient to overwhelm such opponents. With this resolve, he started writing that mighty book now well-known by the name of Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyya. Thus was fulfilled a vision of Ahmad as , which he had seen in 1864 or 1865 and in which he had met the Holy Prophet sa. Ahmad as had at that time a book in his hand which appeared to be his own work. The Holy Prophet sa took it from him and, as soon as his hand touched the book, it turned into a beautiful fruit. As the Holy Prophet sa cut this