Life of Ahmad — Page 660
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 660 Maulvi Abu Said Mohd Husain of Batala have freely 159 subscribed. It seems desirable that in view of these agreements the present proceedings should be dropped. I therefore discharge Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian and direct that no further proceedings be taken against Maulavi Abu Said Mohd Husain of Batala. J. M. Dowie. District Magistrate, Gurdaspur, 24-2-1899. ' The two engagements drafted by the District Magistrate were as follows: Declaration 160 'I, Maulavi Abu Said Mohd Husain of Batala, considering myself in the presence of God, solemnly promise that in future (1) I will abstain from publishing any prophecy which implies or might reasonably be considered to imply that any person will suffer disgrace or be an object of the Divine displeasure. (2) I will abstain from publishing any appeal to God requesting that He will, by disgracing any person or by granting a sign that any person is an object of the Divine displeasure, show who is right and who wrong in any matter of religious controversy. 159 It is clamoured by his opponents that 'Ahmad was constrained by an order of the government'. 160 I have seen the original file in the Record Office at Gurdaspur.