Life of Ahmad — Page 525
as PT. LEKHR A M’S DEATH 525 fulfilment of this prophecy and to the fact that it was really possible for man to get into intimate touch with the Divine Being so as to be vouchsafed knowledge of His secrets. Ahmad as made another prophecy also which still awaits fulfilment. He disclosed that God had told him that Hindus would join Islam in great numbers and the world would witness the fulfilment of this prophecy also when its due time arrived. Regarding the excitement among the Hindus, Ahmad as also drew the attention of the Government to it, in self-defence, so that the authorities should take due note of the situation. If the loose talk of Hindus was not soon checked it might lead to disastrous consequences in the shape of general communal bitterness throughout the country. Let no one imagine that this appeal to the Government was actuated by any consideration of fear or cowardice. Far from it. His idea was to remind the authorities of their duty and to save unnecessary trouble; otherwise, he boldly declared, even under such difficult and trying circumstances, that the Government owed a great deal of its prestige and glory to Ahmad’s as prayers and that he was a kind of shield for the Government to protect it from various evil influences over which it had no control. An interesting side development is also worth mentioning here. The Punjab Samach a r of April 3rd, 1897, published an article by a certain Ganga Bishan, who described himself as 'Drill Master, Railway Police. ' In this article he expressed his willingness (in