Life of Ahmad — Page 626
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 626 shall be banished or chained and thrown into prison. (2) While in imprisonment he shall go mad. (3) He shall suffer from a fistula. (4) He shall become a leper and his figure shall be deformed. (5) His wife shall have unlawful connection with his disciples and after getting a divorce from him shall marry me. Maulaw i Abu Sa‘ i d Muahmmad Husain will pronounce the marriage sermon. (6) Eventually the Mirza shall become blind, deaf and dumb and, committing suicide, shall be thrown into hell. " Such words were listened to patiently by me and my followers for over a year. On the other hand, my directions to my followers were to show meekness and forbearance and not to yield to passion. When the writings of Muhammad Husain’s party were at the height of indecency and vulgarity, I issued a notice on May 29th, 1898, in which I especially enjoined upon my followers not to return evil for evil, to lead lives of purity, meekness and gentleness, be loyal and law-abiding subjects of the British Government and true sympathisers of humanity. It is easy to see what an amount of patience it required to endure these foul attacks of our enemies without ever speaking a word. I challenge the other party to show if I ever used words of this type. My writings have always been couched in such proper and moderate language as becomes a gentleman. It is true that