Life of Ahmad — Page 667
as POLICE HARASS AHMAD as 667 Ahmad as had openly published, as early as 1886, a notice that he would not publish such predictions without the express request or consent of the person concerned. (See Ahmad’s as leaflet dated 20. 2. 1886). It should be noted that the agreement as it stood did not specifically forbid such an arrangement or understanding; at the most it was necessary to obtain the permission of the District Magistrate in such cases. And this is exactly what Ahmad as had himself suggested long before. In a leaflet dated 20. 9. 1897 he had written 'I do not like to make in future any prediction involving bad news on the receipt of such requests. On the other hand, I will not at all, as a matter of principle, attend to any such request unless and until the applicant presents the written permission of the District Magistrate for this purpose. This is a way which will leave no loophole. ' Moreover, the miracles and predictions of a Prophet of God are by no means confined to matters of individual disgrace and death. In his booklet Kashful Ghi ta published on 27. 12. 1898, Ahmad as had even offered to demonstrate the truth of his mission by making prophecies which did not have any good or bad affect upon any human being at all. (Page 23). The declaration, therefore, which was signed before the District Magistrate on 24. 2. 1899, was not objectionable in any way. It was on the other hand on