Life of Ahmad — Page 296
CHIEF SCRIBE OF DELHI as 296 gate, where the party had left their carriages. But there was no carriage at all, although the return fare had been paid in advance to make sure of conveyances for the return journey. The mob had frightened away the drivers and Ahmad as had to wait for a quarter of an hour. The mob pressed towards him and threatened to attack and destroy him. His twelve disciples formed a ring round him and these brave champions of God were daunted neither by the numbers nor by the arms of their opponents. Every one of them was only too ready to lay down his life for the Prophet as of God. But the Superintendent of police arrived with a force of constables and opened a way for him through the crowd. He suggested that Ahmad as should get into his carriage and drive home under police escort. So Ahmad as got into the carriage with Maulaw i Abdul Kar i m ra , and the rest of the party walked home on foot–Sayyid Am i r Ali Shah ra , Ghulam Q a dir Fas i h ra , Muhammad Khan ra of Kapurthala, Hakim Fa d l D i n ra of Bhera, P i r Sir a jul H aq ra , and six others. But he was not safe even in the house, for the people were uncontrollable and sometimes entered the house by violence and sometimes obtained entry in the guise of police officers. These things, however, did not interfere with him and he went on working as God commanded and ever prayed to Him humbly that He might open the eyes of mankind so that they might look upon His face and not be shut out from His palace for their enmity towards him.