Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 54
54 receive the punishment within 15 months if he did not repent. The heated dialogue was still on when Hazrat Ahmad as told the people what was revealed to him. When Abdullah Atham heard the warning, he was terrified. For fifteen months after the debate, he did not utter or write a single word against the Holy Prophet saw. These were clear indications that he had repented at heart and inclined towards truth. So, as laid down in the prophecy, God Almighty granted him some respite. The opponents of Hazrat Ahmad as, however, raised a hue and cry. They said that the prophecy had failed. Atham had not been punished. When Hazrat Ahmad as came to know about this, he offered a cash reward of Rs 4000, if Atham would declare, on oath, that he had not been impressed by the truth of Islam at all. He added that if he took such an oath, he would die within a year, and if he did no such thing, even then God would not let him go unpunished. Atham did not take the oath. However, within the specified period of time, he died on 27th July, 1896 and provided a sign of the victory of Islam.