Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 57
Hazrat Ahmad as in Court In 1897, a Christian missionary, Dr. Henry Martyn Clarke, who was then working in Amritsar, brought a charge against Hazrat Ahmad as in the court of the District Magistrate Amritsar. The charge was that Hazrat Ahmad as had hired a person called Abdul Hamid to kill Dr. Clarke. This was a very grave charge against Hazrat Ahmad as. Abdul Hamid was brought before the court, where he stated that he was sent by Ahmad as to kill the Christian missionary. The District Magistrate, Mr Martineau, immediately issued a warrant for the arrest of Hazrat Ahmad as. The news of the warrant of arrest spread fast and brought joy and jubilation in the enemy’s camp. Many of them would gather everyday at Amritsar railway station in the hope of seeing Hazrat Ahmad as handcuffed when brought back from Qadian by the police, so that they could jeer at him, mock at his claim of Messiahship and try to humiliate him, if they had the chance. But their dream did not come true, as the warrant was never served on Hazrat Ahmad as. In fact, the District Magistrate