Life of Ahmad — Page 717
as THE WALL 717 to respect Ahmad as. He had to give way to Ahmad as in the public thoroughfares of Qadian. He saluted his despised cousin just as a beggar salutes a King. Nay, even worse, he later actually knocked at the door of Ahmad’s as disciple and successor, shrivelled and choked with grief and sorrow. Tears rolled down his proud cheeks on account of the extreme anguish he experienced and hardly could he express his repentance and regret. Said God to Ahmad as in 1886: 'Every branch of thy cousins shall be cut down, and soon shall it disappear, remaining childless. If they repent not God will bring upon them calamity after calamity till they are destroyed. Their houses will be filled with widows and the wrath of God will descend upon their very walls. But if they turn to God, He will turn towards them with Mercy. ' One by one the enemies of Ahmad as all disappeared from the scene; and wall after wall of their own proud citadel fell before the eyes of Ahmad as and his followers, until Mirza Sultan Ahmad ra , his proud aunt and Mirza Gul Muhammad, the son of Mirza Ni za m D i n, fell at the feet of the illustrious son and successor of Ahmad as and thus became the sole survivors. They and their children have now placed the whole of their ancestral property at his disposal for the furtherance of the cause of Ahmad as , the cause of God, in hatred of which Mirza Imam D i n and Mirza Ni za m D i n had erected the wall. Such are the ways of God, the Almighty. Blessed are those who recognise Him!