Life of Ahmad — Page 290
CHIEF SCRIBE OF DELHI as 290 still alive, he would, he said, automatically withdraw all claim to be the Promised Messiah. Abdul H aq had an interview with Ahmad as and wished to be excused from being drawn into the public eye as he preferred to remain in his cell and had no desire to issue forth. But Nadh i r Husain (the teacher of the Ahl-e-Hadith section of the ulema in all Hindustan) and his disciple Muhammad Husain (who also reached Delhi chagrined at his Ludhiana discomfiture) were very vociferous in denouncing Ahmad’s as claims. Therefore, he issued another leaflet on October 6th, 1891, repeating his invitation to a debate. It was really the only course against the vicious machinations of the priests. Ahmad as was prepared, he said, to hold the debate in Nadh i r Husain’s own place, without insistence on the presence of any European officer, if Nadh i r Husain openly undertook, by means of an Ishtih a r , to be responsible for the proper conduct of the debate in writing. This leaflet was printed at the Akhb a r Khair Kh a h Hind Press, Delhi. Instead of meeting Ahmad as in a decent manner, the mullahs resorted to a mean trick. Without consulting or even informing Ahmad as they announced that a debate would be held with Ahmad as on a certain date. Ahmad as was invited to the place at the time of the meeting when his house was surrounded by hundreds of angry people who were hurling abuse upon Ahmad as from the street. Obviously, the mullahs had excited the ignorant people and had incited them to molest Ahmad as so that