The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 334
A LETTER TO SHAIKH MUHAMMAD HUSAIN BATALAWI 333 vouchsafed to me in general terms. If you so desire, upon focusing on the matter for a few days, I would seek further knowledge, and upon being apprized with details by the grace of God Almighty, I would pub- lish them in some newspapers. I would like to have your special written permission for such pub- lication. I am writing this letter merely out of a feeling of sympathy for you and I am sending it to you after adding the signatures of a few witnesses. I close with the prayer : رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِيْنَ ]O our Lord, decide Thou between us and between our people with truth, and Thou art the Best of those who decide. ] Amin. The Humble Writer, Ghulam Ahmad From Qadian, District Gurdaspur 31 December 1892 Witnesses of this Note: (1) Khuda Bakhsh, Tutor with Nawwāb Şahib, (2) 'Abdul-Karim of Sialkot, (3) Qādī Diyā'-ud-Din, resident of Kot Qādī, Gujranwala District, (4) Maulawi Nūr-ud-Din, (5) Muhammad Ahsan of Amroha, (6) Shādī Khān, in the service of Sir Rājā Amar Singh Bahadur, (7) Zafar Ahmad of Kapurthala, (8) Abdullah of Sanaur, (9) Abdul-Azīz of Delhi, (10) 'Alī Gauhar Khān of Jalandhar, (11) Fadl-ud-Din Hakim of Bhera, (12) Hafız Muhammad of Peshawar, (13) Hafiz Muhammad Ashraf ʻAlī Hāshimī, preacher of Batala, (14) Abdur-Rahmān, nephew of Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen (15) Muhammad Akbar, resident of Batala, (16) Qutb-ud-Din, resident of Baddomalhi.