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46 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS which might mislead the Government and the public. Prudence demands that this false statement be exposed before the hon- ourable Government, so, in order to refute these allegations, I would like to write down some lines here below. I hope our wise Government will certainly take note of this. Those objections, along with their answers, are as follows: He continued to abuse our Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in the streets of the bazar where Muslims would be pass- ing by and kept on using words provocative to the Muslims. Fearing a law and order situation, I prohibited the Muslims to remain in the ba- zar at the time of his utterances and told them not to respond. Despite the fact that he was ever ready to create disorder accompanied by some scoundrels, the Muslims succeeded in suppressing their passions on account of my constant exhortations. In those days many passionate Muslims came to me complaining that this man was brazenly abusing our Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. I found them furious, so I politely advised them to exercise patience, saying Lekh Ram was a wayfarer who had come to engage in a debate. My re- peated exhortations calmed their passions. Lekh Ram made a habit of coming up to my house daily and demanding for a sign or a miracle, and uttering foul, insolent and scornful remarks. Now a true Muslim can imagine how difficult it is to remain patient over the conduct of one who uses foul language against Islam and our Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and habitually makes disrespectful and blasphemous remarks against our faith. Nevertheless, I exercised patience to a degree that is hard for anyone else to achieve. During his stay in Qadian whenever he happened to visit me, despite the fact his heart was full of violent passion against our Holy Prophetsas, I always treated him with kindness and civility, even though he never refrained from mocking and denigrating our faith. He would come to my home in Qadian every morning or in the late afternoon and would hurl all kinds of contemptuous remarks at Islam and our Prophet, may peace and