Life of Ahmad — Page 614
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 614 Defence Document I The following defence document written by Ahmad as was presented to the court, and a printed copy of it was put on the file: 'In the name of Allah, the most Merciful and the most Compassionate. We praise God and pray for His blessings on His noble Prophet sa. To prove my guiltlessness to the Court, I submit the following lines in my defence and hope that when all the circumstances stated below are taken into consideration, the Court will be convinced that the charge now brought against me cannot be sustained: In the first place, my Ishtih a r of the 21st November, 1898, does not contain any prophecy by which I might have endangered or intended to endanger the life, property or reputation of Muhammad Husain or of any one connected with Muhammad Husain. For a long time, as I will submit more fully later on, I was subjected to the most scurrilous and foul abuse by my opponents, and in reply to these vile attacks I did nothing but advise my followers to show meekness and forbearance (see my Ishtih a r of May 29th, 1898). Not satisfied with this mode of injuring me, they sent me notices and letters challenging me to a Mub a hala. It was only after this that I published my Isht i h a r