Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 206
206 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad righteousness and purity, refraining from wrongdoing, and accepting truth and rectitude. 1 The Statement of our Noble Leader the Promised Messiah as The Promised Messiah as said: “Allah the Exalted is ever present. I shall only speak the truth. I am now nearing sixty years of age. Mirza Ghulam Jilani was among my forefathers. Now, he has no home here. During the course of these court proceedings I have come to learn that Ghulam Jilani filed a case against Imam- ud-Din and my revered father. Initially, only Imam-ud-Din’s name was on the documents, but then a submission was made to amend this and the name of my honourable father was included as well. My attorneys, who have now studied the case file, informed me of this and I am told that this file contains a sitemap as well. There is an old well situated in front of the door of my son Sultan Ahmad’s home. Some six or seven years ago, I had a well made in the women’s quarters of my home for their convenience. The water carrier is unable to provide us with a large quantity of water. Even now there are about fifty or sixty women who stay in the women’s quarters. We have not used the well that is near the front door of Sultan Ahmad’s home for quite some time now. When our people go there to fetch water, Sultan Ahmad’s people prevent them. None of these people are ordered expressly by Sultan Ahmad. His first wife has died and now he is married to the daughter of Imam-ud-Din, the defendant. The sister of Imam-ud- Din is Sultan Ahmad’s paternal aunt, who was the wife of my late brother Mirza Ghulam Qadir. The one who stops us from using that well is the same lady—the sister of Imam-ud-Din and the paternal aunt of Sultan Ahmad. She prevents us from using the well in conspiracy with Imam-ud-Din. I have heard her forbid- ding us with my own ears. I have personally heard the sister of Imam-ud-Din saying: ‘These people are the enemies of my brothers Imam-ud-Din and Nizam- ud-Din, and my relationship is with my brothers. I do not want these people to fill water from this well. Stop them. ’ I have heard her saying this many a time. Sultan Ahmad is opposed to me. One of the reasons for his opposition is because he was adopted as a son by Mirza Ghulam Qadir, and a claim was made that he should be entitled to half of my property. Now he deems it in his best interest to remain on the side of his paternal aunt. This announcement published on 2 May 1891, which the defendant has presented, is mine. The well situated in the 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 27, dated 24 July 1901, pp. 11-12 p. 188