Life of Ahmad — Page 367
367 CHAPTER 34 ANXIOUS TO SAVE HIS ENEMY Ahmad as recieved a revelation which was unfavourable to Muhammad Husain and some friends also told him of their dreams to a similar effect. So he became anxious about Muhammad Husain’s end and, to save him from the wrath of God, wrote to him a letter on December 31st, 1892, out of his deep sympathy. In this letter Ahmad as asked Muhammad Husain to ponder over the matter very seriously: Ahmad as had never told a lie before in his life, how then could he now tell a lie concerning God? This letter was countersigned by 16 witnesses. But Muhammad Husain’s vanity and conceit would not allow him to consider the letter 72 dispassionately. He 72 In his letter dated 31-12-1892 Ahmad as also asked permission of Muhammad Husain to publish the revelation about his tragic end. This permission was emphatically given in Ish a ‘atus Sunnah Vol. 15, No. 8. p. 170. An indication of the afflictions that awaited and later overtook Muhammad Husain is contained in the following words which Ahmad as published concerning him; i e. 'O thou, who hast girded up thy loins to have me declared an infidel, thine own house is desolate and ruined and thou art thinking of