Chief of the Prophets — Page 239
239 Three or four days later, Saudāgarmal requested Khalifatul-Masīḥ II ra to accept his pledge to initiate him in the Aḥmadiyya Community. Hudūr said that there was no need to hurry, and that he should wait for another two to three months. But Saudāgarmal insisted saying that he had attained full conviction about the truthfulness of Islam. Thereupon, Hudūr asked Maulānā Sayyid Muḥammad Sarwar Shāh ra to have him repeat the pledge. So the next day, Ḥuūr took his Bai‘at and Lāla Saudāgarmal became Sheikh ‘Abdul-Qādir. All praise belongs to Allah! There was such a deep influence of the Hindu culture on Sheikh ‘Abdul-Qādir that in the beginning, in spite of accepting Islam, ‘Abdul-Qādir found it hard to swallow food cooked by Muslims. But after a few days, he integrated so well that it was hard to tell if this young man became Muslim from Hindus or he was a born Muslim. Actually, this transformation was a result of the sincerity that existed in the heart of Saudāgarmal for religion. Islam greatly enhanced that unblemished sincerity. It had been only a few months since his spiritual birth when a famous Pundit of Sanātan Dharm, Rāj Nārā’in, came to Qādiān. Sheikh ‘Abdul-Qādir was enrolled in the Aḥmadiyya School. A few Hindu Pundits of Qādiān brought Rāj Nārā’in to show him the Aḥmadiyya School, as the Aḥmadiyya School was producing such young missionaries who were everywhere challenging the Ārya Samāj and Christianity. Incidentally, Sheikh ‘Abdul-Qādir, the new convert was standing in the courtyard and the Hindus of Qādiān knew about his recent conversion. A Hindu pointing towards ‘Abdul-Qādir said to the Pundit that this young man was also a Hindu and had converted to Islam. The Pundit went straight to ‘Abdul-Qādir and asked him, “What quality did you see in Islam that is not found in the Hindu religion?” After a pause, young ‘Abdul-Qādir said to the Pundit, “Tell me; what is the objective of religion?” The Pundit said, “Meeting with the Permeshewar. ” ‘Abdul-Qādir said, “Have you met Permeshewar?” The Pundit replied, “No. ” ‘Abdul-Qādir said, “Do you know of any living Hindu who has met Permeshewar?” The Pundit answered in negative,