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506 the horse-drawn carriage about the residents of Charsadah , one by one. When he asked him about Mukarram Khan, the man who was sitting on the footstep of the carriage looked up with tears in his eyes and said, ‘I am that wretched person who by opposing the Truth has lost both religion and the world’ ” Such grievous Divine punishment falls only on those who deserve it because of their ill deeds, particularly those who exceed so much in their wretchedness that instead of accepting the Truth they arrogantly oppose it and denigrate the beloved ones of God Almighty. Such persons soon come under the wrath of God Almighty, and they are made an example for others. Narrations of Hadrat Maulana Nazir Ahmad Ali Sahib ra The tremendous services that Hadrat Maulana Nazir Ahmad Ali Sahib ra rendered to Islam and Ahmadiyyat in West Africa are a Golden Chapter in the history of Ahmadiyyat. He narrates: “In 1938, the Muslim Congress in Sierra Leone organised my lecture in a public gathering which was presided over by Sheikh Haidaruddin, a renowned figure in the country who had been given J. P. and M. B. E awards. People of all ranks in the country recognised his knowledge and abilities. After my successful lecture, Sheikh Haidaruddin in his closing remarks stated, ‘Audience! I am more learned than every one of you and I have no match in religious matters. I think what this Indian has said is nothing but fabrication and a bundle of lies. ’