Life of Ahmad — Page 793
793 CHAPTER 74 A SEPARATE COMMUNITY On June 7th, 1898, Ahmad as issued a leaflet in which he wrote: 'With the grace of God and through His high favour our Community is growing fast in numbers so much so that it has now increased into thousands; and very soon, with God’s grace, it is going to multiply into lakhs. Therefore it appears proper that a suitable arrangement should be made for the marriages of the younger members in order to create a stronger bond of union between its members and to protect them against the evil influence of their relations and its evil consequences. Obviously it has now become impossible for our Community to contract marriages with people who, under the influence of the mullah opponents, have reached the limit of prejudice, malice, narrow-mindedness and enmity, unless of course they repent and join this Community themselves. This Community does not now