Life of Ahmad — Page 452
GURU NANAK WAS A MUSLIM as 452 that they had seen written on the Chola verses from the Holy Quran. Ahmad as decided to see this sacred cloak of Nanak himself. So he went to Dera Baba Nanak on Monday, September 30th, 1895. He was accompanied by the following: Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n ra , Maulaw i Muhammad A h san ra , Munshi Ghulam Q a dir Fas i h ra , Sh. Abdur Ra hi m ra , Sayyid Muhammad Ismael ra , Maulaw i Abdul Kar i m ra , Sh. Ra h matullah Gujr a ti ra , Mirza Ayy u b Baig ra , M i r Nasir Nawab ra and Sh. Hamid Ali ra. The custodians of the Chola did not know what was written on it. It was unusual that any- one should be interested to see it in the original. So the keeper hesitated to uncover the sacred treasure. But the silver key and the insistent requests of the party opened everything. Rs. 14 was paid to the keeper in ones or twos by different friends when he laid it absolutely bare. The whole writing on it was then copied out. It openly declared that Islam was the only true religion and that Muhammad sa was the Messenger of the One God. There was nothing else on it. The A rya Sam a jists told the people that there was Sanskrit also written on the Chola and that the Vedas were also praised. So Ahmad as announced that he would give Rs. 3,000 to anyone who proved these stories. Janam S a kh i s of Angad and B a l a are the oldest Sikh writings, and were compiled in the time of Nanak. Chola S a kh i is the book which is in the hands of the custodians. All their authentic books definitely state that the Chola belongs to Nanak and that it was