Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 684
THE PLAGUE. All through the period of seven years, or thereabouts, that the plague remained active in the Punjab, Mirza. Ghulam Ahmadas, the Promised Messiah would never let the public interest in the outcome of the plague in relation to the Ahmadis wane or die. Many of his well-known adversaries were locked with him in spiritual duels and every now and then claims and counterclaims were published regarding which of the two would die smitten down by the plague, as a sign of God's wrath. Many of his adversaries began to die one after the other and the remaining waited in suspense and fear. But the plague touched him not. It touched neither him nor his wife, none of his sons or daughters were afflicted by the plague either. . Not even a mouse was ever found having died of plague within the four walls of his house. . He published these facts repeatedly adding fuel to the fire, invoking the hatred of his enemies and causing them to pray against him more than ever before to bring the curse of the plague upon him. But all in vain. Nothing happened to him and to those who lived within the boundaries of his physical and spiritual abode of peace and security. Can anyone produce a single line ever published in any newspaper or magazine or book of his time which falsified his claims by listing the names of any victims of the plague who belonged to his family or dwelled in his house?. The same goes for the overall publications of the. Ahmadiyya press in those days which became conspicuous by their silence on such mishaps. No death is recorded by them in the family of the Promised Messiahas nor among those who lived around him. It is worthy of note that the. Ahmadiyya Press routinely covered all incidents even remotely related to the Promised Messiahas. . As far as the members of the Community outside. Qadian were concerned, they were spared by the plague in 642 | |