First Grain of Sand — Page 70
54 FIRST GRAIN OF SAND thoroughly penetrated Abdullah's heart, their empty words could not take him away from his newfound faith. When I would meet individually with Abdullah Khan, he would tell me to just wait until he gets released from prison-I would then see how far and wide he would preach the Ahmadiyya Movement's message. The reason for Abdullah's imprisonment in Tashkent was that he had a great deal of influence on Muslims, and the Bolsheviks would commonly imprison such people so that any group of Muslims gaining strength could not rise up against the Soviet regime or otherwise create any kind of social unrest.