Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 74
74 in the hope that he would repent for what he had done and thus save himself from God’s wrath, but to no effect. Sa’dullah continued using abusive language against Hazrat Ahmad as. At the time of the prophecy, Sa’dullah was in good health and in the prime of his youth. He had a son who was nearly fourteen years of age. Sa’dullah lived for a further fifteen years after this prophecy, but no more children were born to him. He died in 1907, but the matter did not end there, as the opponents of Hazrat Ahmad as began to say that the prophecy had not been fulfilled since Sa’dullah had left a son who survived him. Hazrat Ahmad as replied that as Sa’dullah’s son was in existence at the time of revelation, his surviving Sa’dullah did not affect the truth of the prophecy. He again affirmed that the young man would not have any children and that Sa’dullah’s line would certainly become extinct as revealed to him by God. When Hazrat Ahmad as published this reply concerning Sa’dullah’s son, one of his followers cautioned him against the publication of such a prediction on the ground that if a child was born to the young man, Hazrat Ahmad as would find himself in an awkward position and that he might run the risk of criminal prosecution. Hazrat Ahmad as replied that he could neither doubt nor reject that which God had revealed to him, and that his disciple’s caution was due to his weak faith. In the end, it turned out that the same