Life of Ahmad — Page 279
279 CHAPTER 24 PREACHES UNTO EAST AND WEST It should not be supposed that Ahmad’s as attention was engrossed entirely by Muhammad Husain. His solicitude for the spiritual regeneration of mankind knew no bounds. God spoke to him in these words: 'Perchance thou wilt destroy thyself in thy anxiety that they should become believers. ' He preached to the people in writing and by word of mouth, and spoke many other words of wisdom and invited people of other faiths to the truth and made plain the error of their ways and preached the word of God to them. There was a Hindu doctor of Jammu, Jagan N a th by name, who demanded a sign from Ahmad as through Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra. He would believe in Ahmad as if he restored the dead to life and gave sight to those who were born blind. But he did not understand that it was not conformable to the will of God to effect the conversion of human souls by their mere astonishment at external signs. Signs, said Ahmad as , he could show and wonders in abundance,