Reply to a Mockery — Page 28
28 most prominent leader, Maul a n a Z afar ‘Al i Kh a n, administrator of the Daily Zam i nd a r, Lahore, writes: Today, because of the Ahrar’s incorrect handling of the Masjid Shah i d Gunj crisis, they have become the target of criticism from other Muslims. However, the Ahrar are being shielded and protected by the British. High-ranking officials of the government have ordered that there should be no disturbance at the Ahrar’s gatherings. Does this not prove that Majlis-e-Ahrar is the government’s agent that has to be nurtured and protected from all kinds of dan- ger? ( Daily Zam i nd a r, 31st August 1935) This statement from Maul a n a Z afar ‘Al i is solid proof that this British agent (i. e. the Ahr a r) was nurtured and protected by the government of the time. But the case of the Ahmadiyya Community is exactly the opposite. No one can furnish any evidence whatsoever that the British rulers of India ever gave the Community a single cent or that the Ahmadis were ever given special protection; this is because the Ahmadiyya Community is a plant sown by the hand of God Almighty. It does not need any worldly authority for its survival. It is not indebted to any worldly power for money or other material objects. You, Maulaw i Sahib, supported as you are by worldly masters, should ponder carefully the words of Hadrat Mirza Sahib: The world does not acknowledge me; but the One who sent me knows me well. People, erroneously and