The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 210
210. Essence of Islam-V the misery of becoming a widow, or be willing to make his children orphans, or offer himself to be stoned to death. True, there are hundreds of people who are killed unjustly, but when I proclaim the martyrdom of Ṣāḥibzāda Maulavī ‘Abdul Latif Sahib to be a grand sign, I do not do so because he was killed unjustly and was martyred, rather I proclaim it because at the time of his martyrdom he demonstrated such steadfastness that one can conceive of no greater miracle. On three different occasions, the Amir counselled him in a conciliatory manner, that if he would only renounce the oath of allegiance to the man from. Qadian who claimed to be the Promised Messiah, he would be freed, nay he would be honoured more than before; and if he did not, he would be stoned to death. . But every time he replied, 'I am a man of learning and have experienced the world. I have entered into his Bai'at by way of enlightened conviction. I know him better than the whole world. ' He was kept in prison for many days and tortured. He was tied from head to foot with a heavy chain. And he was made to understand time and again that if he renounced his. Bai'at he would be greatly honoured, for he had had a long-standing relationship with the State of Kabul, and possessed privileges in the state due to his services. But he kept saying, 'I am not insane. I have found the truth. I am absolutely convinced that the. Messiah who was to come is none other than the one at whose hands I have pledged Bai‘at. ' They then despaired of him, pierced his nose, put a rope through it, and led him in chains to an open ground to be stoned