Hazrat Sahibzadah Abdul-Lateef (ra) — Page 85
85 was punishable with death by stoning. Still, if he ‘repented’, he would be forgiven. replied positively and unequivocally: ‘I cannot retract from the truth; should I accept a falsity for fear of my life? No, that I will never do. ’ The Ameer again tried hard to persuade him to retract, giv- ing him his promise of freedom and favours. But persistently rejected the offers and said: ‘You must never expect that I will ever retract from the truth. ’ 17 All these reports have reached us through eyewitnesses and are not hearsay. We are told that many people were present in the court, and whenever the Ameer suggested ‘repentance’ to , he turned down the offer in a loud, clear voice. Debate with the clerics