Life of Ahmad — Page 444
444 CHAPTER 45 A RYA SAM A J EXPOSED The A rya Sam a jists contended that Sanskrit was the best and the oldest of languages, so while engaged in writing Minanur Ra h m a n , Ahmad as could not avoid referring to some of the Sam a jist doctrines. Being a true reformer he could not under any pretext compromise with falsehood. But in the teachings of the Sam a j there was something more than falsehood. The British had stopped by force the stupid and inhuman custom of Sat i which had become more or less sanctified in Hinduism. But they could not go any further; they could not make a clean sweep. Law cannot reform the whole life of a nation. Much of the Hindu religion was not even known to outsiders. But Ahmad as could not afford to overlook any social canker that was dangerous to the well-being of the human family. Therefore, he not only detected the fatal germ, viz. the doctrine of Niyug , but also exposed its disgusting nature to public view. It is an extremely indecent doctrine. That it is obnoxious to man’s natural moral sense is evident from the fact that