The Descent of the Messiah — Page 11
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS tated? Why and wherefore did he then, utter such a lie and why did he devour the filth of falsehood and hurt the feelings of good and respectable people? Is it not the sign of an accursed life that one utters falsehoods out of sheer malice? The people whom he has shamelessly included among the dead did not fall ill even for a day, nor were they moved out of the village. For example, Paisa Akhbar has published with respect to our brother, respected Maulawi Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen, that a female relative of his died from the plague. Some went on to spec- ulate that it was his mother-in-law, while other mischief-makers made it known that it was his wife, whereas, in fact, neither his mother-in-law nor his wife nor any other relative of Maulawi Sa- hib died of plague or was removed from the village. It is truly vile and dishonest to publish lies that are completely baseless in newspapers whose weekly publication is in the thousands. It is a pity that this person unjustly hurt the friends and relatives of Maulawi Sahib and caused them unnecessary grief. Did he not know that most of the Aryas and other such people in Qadian bear strong enmity towards Islam and particularly towards this Community, and that telling lies is second nature to them, and that they are devils and not humans? Why then and with what purpose were such false reports published in the newspaper and who is answerable for hurting the feelings of a Community with such obnoxious lies? A person who desires to spread chaos in the land and de- clares the living to be dead and endangers public peace on account of his personal prejudice, needs to be charged under the law for spreading filthy and hurtful lies in the country, and for publicising something baseless regarding my brother Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen and his relatives—causing them and many others unnecessary shock and grief. Not only that, he first hypothetical- ly killed the living and then desecrated their fictitious corpses! 11