Life of Ahmad — Page 659
as POLICE HARASS AHMAD as 659 will be a reformer and engenderer of new life, a true lover of peace and tranquillity and a person poor in heart. The Muslims of this party considering his appearance as merely spiritual: while other Muslims such as Maulaw i Muhammad Husain of Batala, Editor of Ish a ‘atus-Sunnah and leader and advocate of Ahl-e-Hadith or Wah a b i s of his class, believe that "the coming Mahd i " will be Gh a z i , general slaughterer and upsetter of the empires of the nations other than Muslims, especially the bitter opponent of the British empire, and speak of the terrible consequences resulting from the bloody deeds of this Mahdi; I have written this pamphlet to show which of these two Muslim parties is right in its belief with regard to "the coming Mahdi"'. In this booklet Ahmad as also prophesied that God would ultimately discharge him of all the accusations of his enemies (page 10). Friday, the 24th of February, was the next date, but no defence witnesses were examined and the case was brought to an end on that date. Ahmad as and Muhammad Husain were both asked to sign a declaration. On that date Muhammad Husain was present in the court only as an onlooker, not having been summoned. The order which the District Magistrate passed was as follows: 'I have drafted 2 engagements in six clauses which Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian and