The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 22
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 22 such beliefs and that he takes such Hadith [as comprise these beliefs] to be altogether false and fabricated. Is this a praiseworthy quality? Certainly not. Neither can God Almighty be pleased with hypocrites, nor can any wise Government. For, to be the same both inwardly and out - wardly is an excellent quality. The Government will real - ize why these people are displeased with me, and what is the true cause of their displeasure? The testimony of Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan, KCSI, which he had published about me in the last moments of his life, should be suf - ficient for the Government. Rather, [therein], he had advised all the Muslims that they should follow that practice of mine vis-à-vis the British Government which is founded on my views about it. Which pure-hearted man is out there who, having come to know this, would not be saddened that Muhammad Husain has, out of sheer meanness, incited the Muslims to cause me pain. I used to invite others to spiritual matters on my own and had never addressed Muhammad Husain; yet, all of a sudden, he had prepared the fatwa, of his own accord, and had tried that people should declare me a disbeliev - er and an Anti-Christ. First he presented the fatwa to his mentor Nazeer Husain of Delhi. As the said Nazeer Hu - sain is his co-religionist and is of the same ilk; as old age has taken a heavy toll on his senses, too; as, like the im -