Hazrat Sahibzadah Abdul-Lateef (ra) — Page 76
Hazrat Sahibzadah Abdul-Lateef 76 respect, and was considered a pillar of the State, he was repeatedly asked to give up the Promised Messiah as in exchange for great honours and wealth. The Ameer had his own reasons for attempt- ing to induce to retract. He knew that if the matter went before the opposing priests and clerics, he, the Ameer, would not be able to come to Hazrat Sahibzadah Abdul-Lateef ’s aid. Therefore, it is quite possible that the Ameer, on the one hand, was afraid of the clerics and, on the other, con- sidered to be completely innocent. For this reason, the Ameer tried his best to persuade to retreat from his faith in the Promised Messiah as and repent of his ‘error’.