Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Muslims of India — Page 23
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 23 ] In the past, your tongues were speaking the truth. You were calling it ‘Qadian Shar i f ’ instead of just saying ‘Qadian’, indicating that all those who lived there were dear to God; that those who had developed that town were God’s beloved ones; those who lived there had the love of Islam in their hearts. As long as these memories will remain affili- ated with that town, the noble of heart will always call it ‘Qadian Shar i f. ’ We must appreciate the nobility of the then government of Pakistan that it did not care about these A h r a r mullahs while making a true statement. The book [ K a rv a n-e-Sakht J an ] goes on to say: …the number increased to seventy thousand. . . I remember that those refugees were fed regularly. In those critical times, realising the danger that was fast approach- ing, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra had thoughtfully stored more wheat than was usually required for the Annual Gathering ( Jals a h S a l a nah ). Thus, by the Grace of God, not a single Muslim died because of starvation. So much so that expensive wedding garments were distributed among the needy. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III rta , may Allah bless his soul, took the initiative by distributing his wife’s expen- sive dresses. His noble wife belonged to the Naw a b family of M a ler Kotla, and some of her dresses were heirlooms so expensive that she herself would not use them lest they be damaged. Yet, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III rta was the first to start opening boxes of clothes out of his home in front of