Life of Ahmad — Page 176
CHRISTIANS TAKE UP ARMS as 176 daughter and hope you will think well of me and grant my request. God will ward off all evils through this marriage; He will protect you against calamities and will shower His blessings upon you. You do not know much about me and might think all sorts of things; but I assure you that this connection will prove a source of manifold blessings! You will enter a new world. This marriage is like seating your good daughter on the royal throne. It is admitting her into a heavenly life. If it so happens you will find in my person a devoted well wisher, the like of whom you will not find anywhere. As an earnest of this I promise (and I can fulfil it at any time you like) to give your daughter immediately one-third of the total land, property, etc. I own, as a gift to convince you that I am not a miser and that I want to be kind to you and show you favours. I have always prayed that God may show so manifest a sign that my relations may be able to test it. So I know that He has granted the sign for this purpose; both of its sides are such that by testing them my truth and falsehood can be found out. Just as this marriage will prove a source of blessings to you, in the same way its blessings will extend to all houses of our kith and kin. It will affect all our brethren, so much so that it will create a new love amongst us. It may be hoped that, through this love, the