Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 234
234 Another example is that of Faq i r Mirza of Dulmial. He started saying that God had told him that Mirza Sahib as would be dead by 27th of Ramadan, 1321 a. h. He put this into writing and handed copies of it to members of the local Community. The note said that if Mirza Sahib as did not die by the date specified, or if his Movement did not come to an end, then he would be willing to suffer any punishment. He also had many people sign this state - ment as witnesses. This claim was made on the 7th of Ramadan. The 27th of Ramadan came and went but nothing happened, and no wonder, for the words of liars cannot affect the truthful. When Ramadan came the following year, the plague visited Dulmial and the first life it claimed was that of Faq i r Mriza’s wife. Then he himself contracted the disease and died in great agony on 7th of Ramadan, 1322 A. H. , exactly a year to the day he had made his announcement. A few days later his daughter also died. Examples of this kind, if they were to be compiled, would run into thousands. There were indeed thousands of men who, having been defeated in argument, became adamant and started praying for the destruction of the Promised Messiah as , and they were all held accountable by God. The strange thing is that these signs of disgrace and ignominy were manifested in many different ways. For example, those who prayed that the liar may die in the lifetime of the truthful one died during the life of the Promised Messiah as. Others, who said that a longer life was no proof of truth and cited the example of Musaylimah al-Kadhdhāb who lived long after the Holy Prophet s as , such people were granted respite and ended up like Musaylimah, the pretender. An example of this was Maulaw i Than a ull a h of Amritsar, editor of the weekly Ahle- H ad i th and a recognized leader of the