Life of Ahmad — Page 663
as POLICE HARASS AHMAD as 663 declaration as between themselves but also between Musalmans and Christians etc. ' These instructions were also published in a supplement to the Al- H akam , dated 3. 3. 99. It should be remembered in connection with this case that the real object of Ahmad’s as enemies in starting it was that the court should declare Ahmad as to be a dangerous character and also punish him as such. But it is clear that they did not succeed in their nefarious attempt. The Court could not give any damaging verdict against Ahmad as , nor was he legally and formally bound down to keep the peace. As a matter of fact the judgment recoiled upon his enemies themselves, because it would be impossible to deny, in the light of past events, that it was Muhammad Husain and not Ahmad as who had started to hurl abuse at the other. It was he who called Ahmad as a kafir, Dajj a l and impostor. Now the court 'constrained him by an order to refrain' from calling Ahmad as a kafir, and he had to put his signatures to a writing which was definitely against his religious beliefs, convictions and conscience. Ahmad as did not look upon him as a kafir at that time, so he did not make any compromise whatsoever with his own conscience. It should also be remembered in this connection that Ahmad as had already desired a truce. In his book D am i ma Anj a m-e- A thim , page 27, published long before, he had requested Muhammad Husain and his friends to stop their campaign of vilification and keep