The Shining Lamp — Page 42
42 Gatherings were held here over two days to mourn the death of Lekh Ram. Reward money of 1,000 rupees has been agreed for one who leads to the arrest of the mur- derer and a further 200 rupees for one who identifies him. I have also heard from an outside source that a committee has been set up to carry out your assassination. 1 ٭ Members of this committee have been nominated from the neigh- bouring cities (such as Lahore, Amritsar, Batala and cen- tral Gujranwala). It has been recommended to collect 20,000 rupees for the purpose of hiring an evil, greedy person who will look for an opportunity to carry out the assassination. 2 ٭ Consequently, 2,000 rupees have already been collected. The rest will be collected from other cities and villages. Thereafter, the respected writer of this letter further writes: Although you are under the protection of the Real Protector [Allah], it is nevertheless important to have 1. ٭ This same news has been written summarily in the Paisa Akhb a r as well. —Author 2. ٭ The meanings of that revelation of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, namely َ ۡك ِّي ی ۡ مُتَوَف ِّ ۡسٰۤی اِن ي ِ ٰع ي َ ۡك ِّي ی ۡ مُتَوَف ِّ ۡسٰۤی اِن ي ِ ٰع ي [O Jesus, I will cause thee to die a natural death ] which was published some seventeen years ago, became very clear at this time. That is to say, this ilh a m was sent to Jesus by way of assurance when the Jews were trying to crucify him. And here, in place of the Jews, it is the Hindus who are trying; and the meaning of the ilh a m is that ‘I will safe- guard you against such despicable and cursed deaths. ’ Look how this event has caused the name of ‘ I s a [Jesus] to become applicable to this humble one. —Author