The Light of Truth — Page 49
REFUTING OBJECTIONS opened other doors—and Allah is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. This blessed government knows that we are its long-stand- ing supporters, counsellors, and well-wishers. We have come forward on every occasion with a sincere heart. My father was regarded highly and praiseworthy in the government's view and had a close stature. This government possesses our record of service and we do not think that it shall ever forget it. My father, Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, son of Mirza Ata Muhammad of Qadian, was among the advisers and sincere friends of the government, which held him near and dear and in the highest esteem. The government knew him very well and we were never subject to suspicion. Rather, our loyalty was established firmly in the eyes of all people and became manifest to the authori- ties. Let the government enquire from those of its officials who came to us and stayed among us as to the kind of life we have lived in front of their eyes, and how we have been among the first to come forward in every service. There is no need to expound further upon these truths, for the British government is well aware of the degrees of our sin- cerity and the types of services we have rendered, and has seen the types of assistance we have provided from time to time, par- ticularly during the days of the Mutiny of the rebels. ¹ The gov- ernment knows how my father helped it at a time when battles were raging fiercely and intensifying mischief had reached the extremes. He provided the government with fifty horses along with cavalrymen as aid from his behalf during the days of the rebellion. He preceded others in providing financial assistance at the onset of the horrors, though it was a time of hardship and scarcity, and hereditary rule had ended and circumstances had 1. This is in reference to the Mutiny of 1857. [Publisher] 49