Life of Ahmad — Page 147
as AT HOSHIARPUR 147 Shah a budd i n, dafadar; L. Nar a ’in D a s Vak i l; Pt. Jagan N a th, Vak i l; L. R a m Lachhman, headmaster; B. Harkishan D a s, L. Ganesh D a s, Vak i l; L. S i t a R a m, Shatru Ghan, Shatranj i , M. Gul a b Singh, M. Ghulam Ras u l, a teacher; and M. Fate h D i n, a teacher. Ahmad as was prepared to stay for two more days if Murl i dhar desired to complete the debate but the latter did not agree; therefore, Ahmad as returned to Qadian on March 17th, 1886; in one of his letters dated March 11th, he had written that he would leave for Qadian, on Tuesday, March 16th, 1886. I have also seen a notebook of my uncle in which it is definitely written that the party reached Qadian on the 17th. It may be noted here that the sole aim of Ahmad’s as controversy was to spread truth and refute error. It was entirely free from exaggeration, bitterness, and any show of spiritual pride. Ahmad as desired not to display his learning but to reveal the will of God. He loved not controversy for its own sake, but whenever he feared the truth to be in danger, he gladly undertook it as a holy duty. The modern man, on the contrary, refuses to take religion and theology seriously. It seems as though the many religious wars of the past have made him so fearful of conflict that he has swung to the other extreme and has developed a lamentable spirit of indifference towards the vital matters of faith. 'It is a very shallow view that so long as a man’s conduct is honourable his creed is a