Life of Ahmad — Page 326
326 CHAPTER 28 CHRIST-LIKE JOURNEYINGS In January 1892, Ahmad as visited Lahore, where on the 31st of that month, he delivered a discourse at 1- 30 p. m. in Chooni Mandi at the bunglow of Munshi Mir a Ĕ Bakhsh. In this speech, Ahmad as refuted all accusations of the mullahs regarding his supposed 'blasphemies'. He cleared himself of all suspicions and calumnies. A notice of this speech was issued on January 28th which was printed at the Mu s taf a ’ i Press, Lahore. After that Abdul Hakim of Kalanaur held a discussion—exchange of written papers—with Ahmad as at Lahore which was concluded on February 3rd, 1892. He really wanted to ensnare Ahmad as and to convict him of ignorance or of error and shake his credit with the multitude. But he failed utterly. From Lahore Ahmad as went to Sialkot and thence to Jullundur about the middle of March from where he proceeded to Ludhiana and then he returned to Qadian in the third week of May. He had to undertake these journeys for God had willed that he should have a resemblance to the first