Scattered Pearls — Page 23
22 thought that this matter was of such stupendous importance that he left his home, and came all the way to Qadian to look carefully and personally into the whole question. . By nature good, and virtuous and sagacious, when he met the Promised Messiah he immediately saw that his claim was justified and well founded, so that he took. Bai'at at the hands of the Promised Messiah to become a member of the Ahmadiyya Community. Then he stayed on in Qadian for some months; and when the time came for him to take leave, the Promised Messiah, was usual with him on such occasions, walked with him a considerable distance along the road, inorder to see him off. Finally, when the time for parting came, the Sahibzada was SO completely overcome that he fell down weeping at the feet of the. Promised Messiah. With difficulty Hazrat Ahmad lifted him up from the ground, backing up his action with words: "Al-amro fauqal adab", meaning that for the. Sahibzada there was greater virtue in getting up when asked to do so by Ahmad, his master, than showing respect in this manner. It was only then that Sahibzada. Syed Abdul Lateef obtained a grip over himself and rose from the ground. But he excalimed: "Hazrat, my heart tells me that the time of my death has come, and in this life. I will have no opportunity of seeing your blessed face again. ' " (Seeratul Mahdee, Riwaayat 260, and Shamaail by Irfaanee). And in actual fact this was exactly how it turned out to be. When Sahibzada Abdul Lateef reached. Kabul, under the pressure of hostile fatwas from the. Ulama, Ameer Habeebullah Khan at first invited him to recant, holding out frightful threats, and also promises of extensive favours. The Sahibzada remained firm and unyielding on his views, rejecting all overtures, and ignoring all threats, clearly replying each time that he could not turn his back on the truth after he had seen it with his own eyes. . Then by the orders of the Ameer he was uried up to his waist on open plain, and stones an