Chief of the Prophets

Chief of the Prophets — Page 238

238 arrangement continued for a full week. In this period, Miān Muḥammad Murād introduced Saudāgarmal to the newly converted Muslim devout who had converted from Hindus or Sikhs. Meeting with Chaudhry Bhai ‘Abdul-Rahīm ra , Bhai ‘Abdul- Raḥmān Qādiāni ra , Master Sardār ‘Abdul-Raḥmān B. A. ra , Sheikh Ghulām Aḥmad Wa’iẓ ra and Sheikh Muḥammad Yūsuf ra (Editor of the newspaper Nūr , Qādiān) had a profound impact on Saudāgarmal since they came from Hinduism and Sikhism and had attained an unusual enlightenment and spiritual vitality after accepting Islam. In addition, Miān Murād also introduced Saudāgarmal to some of those devout Muslim elders, who were special recipients of the blessings of Aḥmadiyyat. The heartfelt conversations and the blessed models of Maulawī Rajeki ra , Hafiz Roshan ‘Alī ra , Khalīfa Rashīduddīn ra , Maulawī Zulfiqār ‘Alī Khan ra , and Maulawī ‘Abdul-Ghanī ra convinced the heart of Saudāgarmal to become Sheikh ‘Abdul-Qādir. It had been only a week since Saudāgarmal came to Qādiān, when a seven-member delegation of his family came to Qādiān to take him back. The delegation met with Chaudhry Nasrullāh Khan, who in those days was the acting Naẓir A‘lā, and insisted on taking Saudāgarmal back with them. Chaudhry Nasrullāh Khān said, “According to the Islamic teachings of: “There is no compulsion in religion”, and compulsion is neither permissible. If dear Saudāgarmal wants to go back with you, he is free to go. The relatives asked Saudāgarmal to go back with them, but he, in his heart had already transformed to ‘Abdul-Qādir. He refused to go back with them and stayed at Qādiān, the centre of the propagation of Islam.