Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 14
14 AHMADIYY AT Qadian and Dalhousie was more than a hundred miles, which he traversed on foot, when that became inevitable. Whenever he had occasion to go to Dalhousie. he was much impressed by the mountainous scenery through which he had to pass, and these views impelled him towards contemplation and appreciation of God's creation and His bounties. It sometimes happened that the opposite party to the proceedings would intimate to the presiding officer of the court that it was willing to abide by the statement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad regarding the facts in dispute. He would then be called upon to make a statement and would set forth the facts according to his knowledge of them, which often resulted in the case being decided against his father's interests. On one such occasion his father was much upset and reproved him severely, bidding him to leave the house. He withdrew to Batala where he stayed for a couple of months till his father recalled him to Qadian. He has set out some of these instances in his writings. Attention might be drawn to one or two of them by way of ill ustra tion. At one place he has stated: My son Sultan Ahmad filed a suit again$t a Hindu alleging that the defendant had built a structure on a site belonging to us and praying for its demolition. One of the facts involved in the case, if established in favour of the defendant, would have led to the dismissal of the suit causing loss both to Sultan Ahmad and to me. The defendant cited me as a witness in the case and I went to Bata1a to give evidence. When I arrived there Sultan Ahmad's lawyer came to"me and told me that the case was likely to be called soon and asked me what statement would I make as a witness in the case. I told him that I would set forth the true facts. On this he observed that in that case it was not necessary for me to go into the court room. When the case was called he went in and made a statement withdrawing the suit [Ayena Kamalati Islam, pp. 299-300]. His elder brother Mirza Ghulam Qadir instituted a suit against a Hindu resident of Qadian for the removal of a platform which had been constructed upon a site adjacent to