Life of Ahmad — Page 97
as HE STAKES HIS ALL FOR ISLAM 97 S idd i q Hasan Khan became pitiable indeed. Maulaw i Muhammad Husain and Hafiz Muhammad Y u suf requested Ahmad as to pray for him. Ahmad as was righteously indignant at the Nawab’s breaking his word for fear of the government. It was sinful to forsake his faith for a paltry reason. But Ahmad as was never vindictively. So he prayed to God out of mercy and the Nawab was saved further disgrace and punishment. The government restored his title but he did not survive the shock and shortly afterwards passed away. Ahmad as had prayed for him but would not for any counsideration let him have the book again. It would not be out of place to refer here very briefly to a few of the salient points in this great work. The second part deals with the erroneous beliefs of the A rya Sam a j, the need of revelation, and the superiority of the Holy Quran over other scriptures. Stress is laid on the necessity of basing all arguments in favour of a particular faith upon the authorised scriptures of that faith. The leaders of all religions should be duly respected so that the religious susceptibilities of their followers should not be wounded—a principle not generally followed by A rya Sam a j and Christian missionaries. The beauties of the Holy Quran are explained in detail in the third part, and it is established that it is a unique book of perfect guidance for man, one that could have been revealed only by God. A great number of objections frequently raised against the