Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 135
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 135 Rebuttal of Political Criticism There are very few among my contemporaries who know the life and thoughts of the author of Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya as well as I do. The writer has the same domi - cile as me; moreover, from a young age (when we used to study Qu t b i and Shar h Mull a ) he was my schoolmate and since those days, we have been meeting and corresponding on a regular basis. Hence, my saying that I am well aware of his character and thinking cannot be regarded as an exaggeration. The author has never given a thought to opposing the British government. Not only him, but there is no one in his entire family who entertains such a thought. On the contrary, his revered father, Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, proved himself by practical actions to be a devoted, loyal well-wisher to the government in the very midst of the tur - moil ( the mutiny of 1857 ce ). During that mutiny, when wicked mischief-makers attacked Trimmu Gh a t near Gurdaspur, his revered father—though not a major land - lord or chief—arranged for fifty horses along with their riders, equipment, and fittings—out of his own pocket and sent them under the command of his beloved son, the late Mirza Ghulam Q a dir, to assist the government. The government thanked him for this service and he was also awarded some prize. Apart from these services, the late Mirza Sahib (father of the author) always enjoyed favours and kindnesses of