Life of Ahmad — Page 78
AFTER HIS FATHER’S DEATH as 78 Sharampat R a ’i (born 1911 Bikram i or 1855 A. D. and died December, 28th: 1932 A. D. ) was the Secretary of the Sam a j at Qadian of which there were 15 members. 14 Mirza Ghulam Q a dir had taken over entire charge of the home affairs after the death of Mirza Ghulam Murtaza. Ahmad as was, therefore, now free to devote his time wholly to the service of God. Sharampat R a ’i often met Ahmad as and discussed religious matters with him. But the time had now come when Ahmad as should come out in public and expose the errors of this newly-established cult. Through the pages of the Mansh u r-e-Muhammadi (issued from Bangalore from August 25th, 1872) dated 25 Dh i qa‘da , 1294 A. H. , No. 33, Vol. 6, Ahmad as made an important announcement. He declared that truthfulness in all human relationships was the foundation of all other virtues, and that we could judge the true worth of a religion by the measure of emphasis which it laid upon truthfulness. After twenty years research, he said, he had come to the conclusion that there was no other religion in the world which stressed the importance of this virtue to the extent to which Islam did. He offered Rs. 500 to the follower of any religion who could prepare a list Rohtak and Maghiana in 1883. Sialkot and Kohat in 1884. Bhera and Muzaffergarh in 1885. Hoshiarpur, Shahpur, Hazara, Pind Dadan Khan and Dera Ismael Khan in 1886. Qadian, Dina Nagar and Jhang in 1887. 14 Administrative Report, Punjab.