Life of Ahmad — Page 652
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 652 circumstances, be attached to a rumour which is disproved by admitted facts? All the papers in connection with the prophecy about and the murder of Pandit Lekhr a m, to which reference has been made above, are ready for the file. As regards the extract from Jang-e-Muqaddas containing a prophecy about Abdullah A thim, I beg to say that Abdullah A thim gave his permission in writing that I should declare a prophecy about him. This paper was filed in the case brought by Dr. Clark against me. Abdullah A thim had also demanded a sign in the course of the controversy between him and myself at Amritsar. It would not be out of place to add here that to avoid all difficulties of this sort I issued a notice on September 20th, 1897, that in future I would not publish any prophecy foretelling death or injury to anybody except on his written request sanctioned by the District Magistrate. I have further been held responsible for certain writings in the Al- H akam , I beg to submit that the Editor has clearly stated in the issues of the paper dated September 6th and 13th and December 8th, 1898, and January 10th, 1899, that I have no connection with this paper 157. No one who claims to be a reformer or 157 Further doubts on this point may be removed by the evidence of the Editor of this paper.