Life of Ahmad — Page 429
as PROPHECY ABOUT A THIM 429 occasions (Rom. 1:9; 2 Cor. 1:23; Gal 1:20; of Heb. 6:16, 17), may be adduced to show that this passage is not intended to forbid an appeal to God on solemn occasions. ' Anyhow, A thim took refuge in his pretended belief that it was not permissible to take an oath at all, though he had taken an oath once or twice before. In this leaflet Ahmad as also wrote that God would not leave A thim long unpunished even if he did not take the oath, because he had tried to deceive the world by his refusal and silence. Ahmad as discussed these points in a book also, entitled Anw a rul Islam 102. Though Ahmad as had answered each and every objection, yet the Christians kept on harping upon the same tune—that his prophecy was not fulfilled. Therefore Ahmad as wrote (in May 1895) another book entitled D iy a ’ul H aq 103 in which he explained that the prophecy was fulfilled and reiterated that the refusal of A thim to take an oath was evidence of the fact that he had turned towards truth. A thim should have sought shelter from snakes and lancers by setting the law in motion against them, but he did not do so in spite of the fact that his friends and colleagues did their best to persuade him to do so. It 102 Five thousand copies of this were printed in September 1894, at the Punjab Press, Sialkot. In this book he also addressed the mullahs and answered their objections about the Mub a halah with Abdul H aq and the prophecy about Ahmad Baig. I shall discuss them in their proper places. 103 This book was printed at the D iy a ’ul Islam Press Qadian; it was published in September 1895. In this Ahmad as again wrote that A thim could not escape physical death which was only delayed on account of his fear.