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30 30 Islasm ntals eriosP urPsb justified me in doing so has just been answered; in that, for over a year I remained the target of abusive announcements. That is to say, for one year, Muhammad Husain and his cohorts con - tinuously published vile announcements about me. In these announcements I was utterly denigrated and insulted; no stone was left unturned to abuse me, to the extent that, merely to cause mischief, my wife was accused of illicit relations and adultery. In the face of such offensive behaviour and disgrace, any individual would feel a sense of indignation and I was well within my rights to take the matter to court. But as one possessed of a humble and patient disposition, I did not take legal action. For about a year or so, Muhammad Husain and his cohorts continued to send me announcements in Qadian via post, which were replete with insulting language, even though I had never subscribed to these vile newspapers and announcements. In short, I endured repeated injury of my sentiments through such abuse and slander for a significant period of time. Only thereafter did I publish an announcement on 21 November 1898 in good faith. This merely contained a supplication entreating God to humiliate the liar, but only in the way that he sought to humiliate the other. The fifth section which I present here relates to what these people thought of me before I made these claims and the reason behind their animosity toward me now. It would be sufficient here to write that Sheikh Muhammad Husain of Batala, the edi - tor of Isha’at-us-Sunnah, the chief of my opponents, was great in praising me before my claims. He considered me virtuous, saintly, the ‘Pride of the Muslims’ and truly loyal to the government.