Tadhkirah — Page 811
1906 January 1, 1906 [Urdu] Three goats will be slaughtered. 993 The Promised Messiah [as] said: In literal compliance, I have arranged for the sacrifice of three goats. [Badr, vol. 2, no. 1, January 5, 1906, p. 2 and al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 1, January 10, 1906, p. 1] January 3, 1906 [Badr, vol. 2, no. 1, January 5, 1906, p. 2 and al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 1, January 10, 1906, p. 1] Translation: [Arabic] I shall come to you suddenly with My hosts. It is ordained for every township We have destroyed that its dwellers shall not return to this life. And We shall take away your burden which had well- nigh broken your back. 993 Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : Like the ilh a m : ( Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah , vol. 4, p. 512, sub-footnote 3, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 1, p. 610) this ilh a m was fulfilled in the pitiable blood-stained land of Afghanistan. Despite his proclamations of complete religious freedom and assurances given by him for the protection of Ahmad i s, Am i r Am a null a h Kh a n sentenced three Ahmad i s to be stoned to death. Maulav i Ni‘matullah Kh a n ra was martyred on August 31, 1924, Maulav i ‘Abdul- H al i m ra and Q ari N ur ‘Al i ra on February 12, 1925. ( al-Fa d l , February 21, 1925, p. 1, quoted in T a r i kh-e-Ahmadiyyat , vol. 5, p. 475)