Truth About Ahmadiyyat

by B. A. Rafiq

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Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 107

107 his denial, his death within the period that might have been appointed would have been absolutely inescapable and Muhammadi Begum’s marriage to the Promised Messiah would have taken place. On the publication of the challenge of the Promised Messiah set out in Anjam Aatham, some Christians approached Mirza Sultan Muhammad and promised to pay him a large amount of money so that he might prosecute the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, in respect of his challenge. But they were unable to persuade him to take any such step, desp ite the tempting offer made to him. In 1912 Mirza Sultan Muhammad wrote in a letter, a photostat of which has been published several times by the Ahmadiyya Community: I have always held the late Mirza Sahib, and still hold him, as a righteous and respected person who was a servant of Islam, had a noble spirit and was constant in his remembrance of God. I entertain no opposition to his followers and regret that for certa in reasons I was not able to have the honor of meeting him in his lifetime. Hafiz Jamal Ahmad Sahib, a missionary of the Ahmadiyya Movement had, on one occasion, an interview with Mirza Sultan Muhammad, husband of Muhammadi Begum, which was published in the AI - Fazal of 9 - 13 June 1921, in the lifetime of Mirza Sultan Muhammad. Hafiz Ahmad Sahib states as follows: If you would not mind, I would like to ask you about the prophecy of Hazrat Mirza Sahib concerning his marriage. He