Perseverance — Page 113
Part II – My Life as a Muslim 113 JANUARY 14, 1954 I was told that Hazrat S a hib was going to Lahore to appear before the Pakistani Court of Inquiry. On the 15 th of January 1954 I went to Lahore by bus with students of the J a mi‘at-ul-Mubashir ī n. Hazrat S a hib ra appeared at the Court at 1:30 in the afternoon. Hazrat S a hib ra came a few minutes late to the Court. The lawyers were very excited because the judges would have to wait for Hazrat S a hib ra , but by the Grace of God there were no troubles. The Chief Justice Mun i r showed a great deal of respect to Huzoor ra , and also spoke to the lawyers that they should ask good questions or that he would close this case because it was not the object of this court to propagate anyone’s religion, and the questions that the lawyers were asking were not good questions with the intentions of finding out who started the disturbances. One of the lawyers said, “Your lordship, you don’t want us to give Mirz ā s a hib any troubles. ” The Chief Justice said, “Then it means that you only want to give Mirz ā s a hib troubles, but that is not the object of the Court. The object is to find out who started these disturbances. ” The Court lasted for three days, with Hazrat S a hib ra on the last day. The Chief Justice said that we had planned to let this case go up to 12 o’clock, but we see that these lawyers are only asking questions so as to propagate their own sect. For this reason we will close this case. Then he told Hazrat S a hib ra that you may go.