Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 94
94 was already convinced through dreams that he would never see the Promised Messiah as again and that on his return to Kabul, he would have to lay down his life in the cause of truth. He had told his friends in Qadian, ‘After I have been martyred you should go and tell the Promised Messiah as. ’ Soon after his arrival, many chiefs came to welcome the Sahibzada as they were under the impression that he had returned after performing Hajj. He explained to them that he had stopped in Qadian and met the Promised Messiah, Hazrat Ahmad as, and that he had accepted the truth of the Promised Messiah as. On hearing this news, the Amir, Habibullah Khan had Sahibzada Abdul Lateef ra arrested and put in prison. This was the same Habibullah that had been taught by Sahibzada Abdul Lateef ra and on whose cor- onation had asked Sahibzada Abdul Lateef ra to perform the ceremony. In prison he was chained hand and foot, and was kept in prison for approximately four months. He was constantly told to refute his belief in the Promised Messiah as and thus save his own life, but Sahibzada Abdul Lateef ra remained true to his beliefs. The Amir asked Sahibzada Abdul Lateef ra to think about what would happen to Sahibzada’s young family and all of his property should he be executed, but again Sahibzada Abdul Lateef ra put his full faith in Allah to look after his family and did not back down from the truth about the Promised Messiah as.