Life of Ahmad — Page 106
SHOWING HEAVENLY SIGNS as 106 Day a nand was drawing near. He told Sharampat that he had seen Day a nand already dead in a vision. The Swami suddenly fell ill on September 30, 1883 and was removed to Ajmer for a change. There, in spite of the best medical aid, his condition grew worse and he died at about 6 p. m. on October 30, 1883. It is alleged that he was poisoned. ( Life of Day a nand in Urdu by Lekhr a m, Lahore, 1897). Munshi Indarman Moradabadi (a bitter, enemy of Islam) was instigated by the then ruling prince of Nabha to oppose Ahmad as. Therefore he sent a reply to Ahmad’s as registered letter from Nabha; and then wrote from Lahore asking Ahmad as to go to him, although Ahmad as had asked him to come to Qadian for the purpose. To Qadian, the Munshi said, he would come only for a debate. He further asked Ahmad as to deposit Rs. 2,400 in a bank. In response Ahmad as sent a great number of Muslims to the Munshi at Lahore with Rs. 2,400 in cash 24 and a letter. The Munshi should have waited at Lahore, for a week according to his own writing, but it appears that he left Lahore for Faridkot the very day he wrote the letter to Ahmad as. To bring the affair to a head, it was decided to issue the letter as an Ishtih a r and, under registered cover, to send a copy of it to the Munshi at his address. In this letter Ahmad as drew the attention of the Munshi to the original invitation and its conditions, and pointed out that it was not a debate 24 A Muslim of Lahore lent this sum to Ahmad as for this purpose.