The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at — Page 21
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 21 ] among the poor. He distributed his meals among the poor, whereas these opponents paint a different picture. The fact of the matter is that the whole world knows about his early life. Their own religious leaders, who became his worst enemies, have testified in his favour. Even Sikhs and Christians have testified to this. The childhood of the Promised Messiah as was exemplary. He accepted pov- erty though he had wealth. He would leave the table full of food, take out his portion of food and distribute it among the poor. At times, he would not be left with any food and had to go without eating. At other times he would eat sim- ple food worth very little. But to these opponents, the Promised Messiah’s as way of life is perceived as a ‘grave threat’ to Islam. They issued a wake up call to all Muslims of the world that here is a man so ‘threatening’ to Islam that he gives away his food to the poor. The Epitome of Accusations The next objection is the epitome of accusations. They say that: As soon as he made the claims (of being a Divine Reformer, recipient of Divine revelation, and a Prophet), he received an abundance of gifts, donations, etc. , such that in his last years, his income had increased many fold. In 1907, his income had reached up to 250,000 rupees. At that