The Qadian Diary — Page 4
Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 4 political agitators or insurgents. Nor is the community a party of violent radicals. Instead they are a peace loving and religiously minded people devoted to spiritual and scholarly pursuits. Many Ahmadis have turned their backs on regular vocations and have instead given themselves over to the pursuit of religious work. And yet in these remorseless days, even such a community and its historic headquarters have been subjected to unspeakable violence. These events are briefly set out in the following pages. This is a story of how we were made to suffer at the hands of this world. We now await the judgment of God, which will arrive at its own time, for as God has said in the Qur’an. 3 َو ُۃَبِقاَعْلا َنْیِقَّتُمْلِل. 2 َواَل َلِّدَبُم ِتٰمِلَكِل ِهّٰللاِ. 1 َبَتَک ُہّٰللا َّنَبِلْغَاَل اَنَا َوْيِلُسُر March 1947 Communal violence breaks out in the Punjab including in two of the largest cities of the province, Lahore and Amritsar, and spreads terror in the hearts of the people. Sikh militias prepare for further agitations. 24 July 1947 A train bound for Qadian is attacked by a group of armed Sikhs at Wadala Granthian, around six miles from the town. One man is killed and numerous others are injured. The incident takes place on the night between 24 and 25 July. 1 Allah has decreed: ‘Most surely I will prevail, I and My Messengers. ’ Surah Al- Mujadalah, 58:22. [Publishers] 2 There is none that can change the words of Allah. Surah Al-An'am, 6:35. [Publishers] 3 And the end is for the righteous. Surah Al-Qasas, 28:84. [Publishers]