Life of Ahmad — Page 638
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 638 natural that one who is continually subjected to disgrace should at last, trusting to Divine Justice, declare that as evil had been done to him, so a similar evil would befall the evil-doer. This is the result of a firm belief in Divine Justice and it is not clear in what way one is to be blamed for a breach of the peace if one declares such a belief. There is no doubt that God gives consolation to His chosen people at moments of great affliction and the Holy Spirit descends upon them, but it is also natural that by means not perceived by others a belief is infused into their minds that God will requite the evil-doers for their misdeeds. And when the prophecy further contains the condition that such a requital will be similar to the injury done to the party wronged, all doubts as to its being likely to cause a breach of the peace vanish and it becomes clear that it is far from affecting the public peace or disturbing tranquillity. The fact is that I did not take the initiative in any religious controversy with Muhammad Husain. Before I rejected the belief in the coming of a Gh a z i Madhi and a Gh a z i Messiah, Muhammad Husain revered me as a spiritual guide. It then happened that God revealed to me that the belief in the appearance of a Gh a z i Mahdi and Messiah, was wrong; that no such personages shall come and that I spiritually resembled Jesus as , and was, therefore, the Promised