Life of Ahmad — Page 794
A SEPARETE COMMUNITY as 794 depend upon them in any way. There are many among this Community who excel them in wealth, knowledge, position, family, righteousness and the fear of God. All Muslim castes are found in this Community. So there is no need for our Community to contract new relations of marriage with people who call us infidels and name us as Dajj a l , or with those who do not say so themselves but are under the influence of such people and also praise them. 'It should be remembered that a man who cannot forsake such people is not worthy to be accepted as a member of our Community. Unless a brother forsake his brother and unless a father part with his son for the sake of purity and truth, he is not of us. So let the whole of the Community hear that every truthful person must observe these conditions. ' In accordance with this declaration a register was opened at Qadian in which particulars of marriageable persons were noted and efforts were made to find suitable matches. By 1900 the Community began to spread far and wide. Before this people joined the fold of Ahmad as in ones and twos, but now in accordance with the prophecy, (Al-Na s r 110:3) i. e. , 'People shall enter the religion of Allah in large numbers', they began to join his fold in scores and hundreds. In January 1900, through the preachings of Sayyid Abdur Ra hi m ra , 408 persons joined the