Life of Ahmad — Page 101
as HE STAKES HIS ALL FOR ISLAM 101 enclosed circular. Islam is the only perfect religion, and the Holy Quran is the actual Word of God. The truth, it was urged, could be tested by anyone who was prepared to come to Qadian and to stay with the author for one year as a seeker after truth. If the addressees of this registered letter did not care to pay attention to the matter, the author would have to refer to their indifference in the next volume of his book. The author was also prepared to pay damages at the rate of Rs. 200/- per month to anyone who came to Qadian for a year and did not see any heavenly sign in favour of Islam. He was even willing to receive the accredited representative or agent of an honest seeker after truth provided, of course, the principal was prepared to accept Islam or testify to the truth of the sign on the authority of his agent. So anxious was Ahmad as to draw the attention of the world to the excellences of Islam that he was prepared to sacrifice everything that belonged to him, and the result was that in the course of a few years a great commotion was caused in the minds of people throughout the length and breadth of the country. Everybody was set athinking. The righetous flew to Ahmad as from all parts and recognised in him their saviour; and visitors and enquiries reached him every day. The sincerity, conviction and vigour with which he spoke struck everyone. The enemies of Islam seemed to have been taken by surprise. Even before the publication of Ahmad’s as book they had, out of impatience, written swaggeringly in their papers that