A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 2
2 A critical Review of the Pamphlet—‘f a te h -e-Qadian’ Imam Jal a lud-D i n Say uti rh says that by ascending to certain high stations, some spiritual pilgrims attain the rank of Messiah and Mahdi and others acquire a similarity to those ranks. I cannot say whether this man is at such a lofty spiritual station, or whether he is truly the same Mahdi who was promised by the Holy Prophet sa to the ummah of Islam. He is working like a sharp sword against false religions and certainly enjoys divine support. ( al- H akam, June 24, 1904, p. 5, col. 2, 3) On receiving such an opinion it is perhaps of little surprise that B a b u Feroz ‘Al i , went on to join the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, taking the bai ‘ at [pledge of initiation] at the hand of the Promised Messiah, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as. Beginning of P i r’s Opposing Attitude and the Publication of Shamsul-Hid a yah Soon after the incident, however, P i r Meher ‘Al i adopted the ways of the other maulavis and began to oppose the Promised Messiah as. He published a book in Urdu entitled, Shamsul-Hid a yah F i Ithb a t- e- H ay a til Mas ih 3. Hadrat H ak i m Maulav i N u rud-D i n ra was particularly saddened when he received a copy of this book. He was particularly surprised because P i r Meher ‘Al i himself had recently written two letters to 3 Meaning: Sun of guidance in establishing the life of the Messiah ( Hadrat ‘ I s a as ) [Publishers]