Life of Ahmad — Page 90
HE STAKES HIS ALL FOR ISLAM as 90 fruit for distribution, honey flowed out of it in great abundance. He also saw that a dead person was restored to life by the Holy Prophet sa. A portion of the book (probably 2500 pages) seems to have been completed by May 1879 when a notice concerning it was published in the D am i ma Ish a ‘atus-Sunnah No. 4. Vol. 2, pages 3 and 4 (issued in May 1879). In this Ahmad as says that the occasion for the writing of his book was the teaching of the A rya Sam a j who looked upon Moses as , Jesus as and Muhammad sa as liars and their sacred books as impostures. They had made it a habit to heap abuse upon all holy personages. A certain A rya had been challenging Ahmad as for a long time through the columns of the Saf i r-e-Hind. Ahmad as had no funds with which to publish his book. He, therefore, prayed to God; and then in obedience to a Divine command, he appealed to Muslims for contributions. He asked them to help in the publication of his work, by subscribing to the book in advance. The response was very meagre on account of the general poverty of Muslims and because of their utter lack of enthusiasm for their faith. Ahmad as did, however, get some donations and orders, which enabled him to produce the work. Khal i fa Sayyid Muhammad Husain of Patiala was the first to have the honour of sending a donation of Rs. 250. A few more followed.