Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 75
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 7S mentioned in my announcement. But if the prophecy is fulfilled in a manner in which the operation of Divine wrath is clearly perceived then you must understand that it is from God. . . . It is quite untrue that I bear any personal enmity towards Lekh Ram or towards any other person. This man has proved himself the enemy of truth and has spoken contemptuously of the perfect and holy being who is the fountainhead of all truth. Therefore, God Almighty decided to uphold the honour of his loved one. On 2 April 1893 Ahmad wrote: This morning in the course of a light slumber I saw that I was sitting in a large room where some of my friends were present when a well-built man of terrible appear- ance, as if blood would burst forth from his face, came and stood before me. When I raised my eyes towards him I perceived that he was a person of strange build and character, as if he was not a man but was one of the severe terrible angels who overawe all hearts. As I looked at him he asked me: 'Where is Lekh Ram?' and he also named another person and inquired where he was. Then I under- stood that this one had been appointed for the chastisement ofLehk Ram and the other person. But I do not now remember the name of the other person, though I am certain that he is one of those whom I have mentioned in my announcement. This was Saturday, at 4 a. m. All praise belongs to Allah for all this. In his book Karamatus Sadiqeen, which he wrote in the latter part of 1893, Ahmad reaffirmed the period of six years mentioned in the prophecy concerning Lekh Ram, and in one of his Arabic odes included in that book he stated: 'God has given me the good news and said: "You will recognize the day of joy which will be closest to the day of the Festival. " , He pointed out that this verse referred to Lekh Ram and that the day of his chastisement would be next to the day of Eid. Lekh Ram on his side announced that Ahmad would die of cholera within three years, for he was an impostor (Takzeeb Braheen Ahmadiyya, p. 3I I). On 6 March 1897, on the day following the Festival of Sacrifice, Pandit Lekh Ram was attacked in his own house in Lahore by a well-built person who thrust a dagger into his abdomen and rotated it in his body, thus severing his entrails