A Verdict Required — Page 23
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS 23 FIFTH LETTER: Mirza Şahib, the great lustrous one (there is a poorly written word that follows which is not legible). It is regrettable that you consider your own horse to be a horse and declare the horses of others to be mules. I provided a rational response to the Vedic objection, while you responded to the Quranic objection with a narration, which is far removed from wisdom. If you cannot spare the time, I too have ample work. Oh well! At least show a Heavenly Sign. If you do not wish to debate, then at least supplicate to the Lord of the Throne, Khairul-Mākirin [the Best of Planners], for a Heavenly Sign concerning me, so that a verdict may be reached. 1* Letter of Pandit Lekh Ram Lekh Ram 1. ✩ Footnote: At this juncture, when Lekh Ram asked for a Sign, he re- ferred to God Almighty as خير الماكرين Khairul-Makirin-the Best of Planners]. The word Mākir is used for God Almighty in the context where He destroys or humiliates a wrongdoer through subtle means. So, the very words that came out of Lekh Ram's mouth prove that he was asking for a Sign of his own death, meaning a Sign with very subtle causes. Hence, it was the omnipotence of God that his death occurred in precisely this manner, and he was killed at the hands of an assassin whose actions greatly astonished everyone. How did he attack in broad daylight? How did he dare to strike in an occupied house? And how did he manage a clean escape after stabbing [Lekh Ram] with a knife? And then how was he not caught, even in a crowded street full of Hindus, despite the loud cries for help from the victim's relatives? So when we carefully consider these events, the mind immediately in- clines towards the thought that this is indeed the work that should