Life of Ahmad — Page 245
as ANGER OF MULLAHS 245 a vision yesterday that I was writing on my arm, that I was alone and God was with me. ' With this letter Ahmad as sent his two books Fat h -e- Islam and Tau dih -e-Mar a m. Though he was not feeling fit for travel—for several months he had been indisposed on account of the heavy strain entailed by his work and had to offer his daily prayers sitting with great discomfort, so much so that sometimes he felt giddy even in this posture and had to break off his prayers—yet on account of deep sympathy he expressed his willingness to go to Batala if Muhammad Husain liked to have a talk with him. But the Maulaw i had made up his mind without hearing him or reading his books, so he started his mad and futile compaign against the truth. But how wonderful is the faith of the Prophets of God! Instead of feeling upset and hurt at Muhammad Husain’s unreasonable attitude, Ahmad as saw in it the fulfilment of an old vision of his. On January 5th, 1888, he had seen that Muhammad Husain had published a writing against Ahmad as of which the heading was 'Mean', which referred to him. In the same vision Ahmad as , after reading the writing, had enquired from Muhammad Husain why he had published it in spite of his instruction not to do so. Ahmad as wrote to Muhammad Husain informing him of this vision and asking him, according to the Islamic way, not to oppose him and to refrain from meddling in a matter of which he had no certain