Life of Ahmad — Page 668
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 668 the lines which Ahmad as had himself suggested and published before. In the end, I may mention an incident which throws a flood of light on the real attitude of Ahmad as in such matters. Khw a ja Kam al -ud-D i n once strongly advised Ahmad as to conceal a revelation of God which pertained to the end of one of his bitterest enemies, named Sa‘dullah. The publishing of it, he said, would inevitably result in great trouble and affliction; the law would be set in motion and that then there would be no escape. But Ahmad as replied as follows: 'Surely the right course lies in honouring Revelation. To conceal it is a sin with me and it would be mean to do so. No one can cause any real harm except the Creator of the world. After the command of God I do not care for the threats of the Government officials. And we shall pray to our Lord, Who is the Mine of grace, to protect us; and if He does not accept our prayer, we would much rather be pleased with the consequences however humiliating they might be'. ( H aq i qatul Wa hi ) It should be remembered, however, that as a rule the teaching and practice of Ahmad as was: 'render to Cesar the things that are Cesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s'; but in a case of clear conflict between the two it goes without saying that God must be Supreme.