The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 45
Part II—Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed’s Travel to Qadian 45 where a man has claimed that he has been sent from Allah as a reformer for this time. I have met with him and assessed his char- acter. His words and deeds are in complete union with the Holy Quran and the Hadith. You all should accept his claim. If you do, then you will benefit. But if you do not accept him then it is your decision. I, however, have accepted him. ” People urged him not to say such things. These were the exact things that infuriated the Ameer of Kabul previously and resulted in the martyrdom of Abdur Rahman ra. Hazrat Sahibzada ra said: You all have two gods. You should fear God to the level you fear the Ameer. Should I not act upon God’s com- mandment because of the Ameer? Should I forsake the Quran and the Hadith? Even if Hell comes before me, I will not stop preaching the truth. Consequently, the Governor of Khost came and fervently pleaded him to stop preaching and all of his friends and family sent des- perate letters, but he did not stop or back away in the least. Even though it was a dangerous time, he wrote letters to five govern- ment officials of the Ameer. He wrote one to Governor Mirza Muhammad Hussain Khan and another to Mirza Abdur Rahman Khan Daftari. He wrote a third letter to Shaghashi Abdul Quddus Khan and a fourth to Haji Basha, who was in charge of allowing those travelling for Hajj to pass through the country of the Ameer. The fifth letter was sent to another senior official, most probably the High Judge. The letters contained the following: