The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 49
Part II—Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed’s Travel to Qadian 49 He refused and said: I will not leave under any condition. I have received a rev- elation telling me to go to the Pharaoh. So, even if I am killed, you will greatly benefit from my death. I will not leave in any case. The day that the 50 horsemen were to come, Hazrat Sahibzada ra wrote a letter to the Promised Messiah as before their arrival. In it, he described the events related to the letters he had previously sent. I liked the honorific names that he used in this letter, so I requested him if I could have a copy of the letter. He instead put the letter in his pocket and said, “This letter will come in your hands soon. ” When the time for Asr prayers neared, 50 horsemen, one after another, started to assemble. When it came time for the prayer, Hazrat Sahibzada ra came forward and led the prayer. After the prayer, the horsemen said, “The Governor would like to meet you and would like to know if you will come to him or if he should come to you. ” He responded, “No, he’s my chief. I will go to him. ” He ordered that his horse be prepared, but one of the horse- men descended from his horse and offered it to him to ride. As soon as he was about to climb on to the horse, he took out the letter from his pocket and gave it to me without saying anything. I started to walk alongside him. When we had traversed the vil- lage boundary he said, “In the very beginning when I first met you, I was very delighted to see you and thought to myself that a very capable man has become my student. ” He continued dis- cussing this topic for quite a long time with me. When we had