The Almighty manifested for me a Sign regarding Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam, Lahore. Since Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, Editor of the newspaper Badr is the prime witness to this Sign, the letter written by his own hand is reproduced below as evidence.
Letter of Mufti Muhammad Sadiq
[In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. We praise Him and invoke His blessings upon His Noble Messenger.]
My Holy Master, Mentor, and Guide, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, May Allah’s blessings, peace, mercy, and bounties be upon you:
Sir, I submit, to the best of my knowledge, that when the book Ummahatul-Mu’minin [‘Mothers of the Faithful’] was published by the Christians in April 1898, the members of Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam, Lahore sent a memorial to the Government to the effect that the publication of this book be stopped and its author, who has penned such a filthy book, be required to show cause. In those days, I was employed in the Accountant General’s Office at Lahore and happened to briefly visit Qadian. I can recall well this memorial being mentioned in Hudur’s presence as Hudur was proceeding to the garden for a stroll in the company of quite a few people including Hadrat Maulawi Muhammad ‘Ali M.A., Hudur said, ‘It was an error on the part of the Anjuman; I am very much opposed to this memorial.’
Accordingly, Hudur sent a dissenting note to the Government in the form of a memorial and also published it on 4 May 1898, against which the Anjuman raised a great hue and cry and wrote articles in the press in repudiation of Hudur’s point of view. One of those days when Hudur went out for a walk, Hudur had said, ‘Regarding this conduct on the part of Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam, Lahore, I have received this revelation:
[You will soon recall my admonition; I commit my cause to Allah.]
In its translation and commentary, Hudur had said, ‘The Anjuman will shortly recall my statement that the kind of approach they have adopted is bound to fail. As for the position I have taken—namely, to rebut and answer the objections raised by the opponents—I resign the matter to God Almighty. In other words, God will be the Patron of my effort. But the Anjuman people will never succeed in their intent to get the author of Ummahatul-Mu’minin punished. They will only recall afterwards that what they had been told in advance was factual and correct.’
When I returned to Lahore a couple of days after listening to this revelation, as usual a public meeting was held in the mosque situated in Gumti Bazaar, Lahore, where I used to give a report of my visit to Qadian. So I related this revelation of Hudur and its explanation to a large number of people. I had hardly finished when someone brought the news that the Anjuman had received the Lt. Governor’s reply that their Memorial had been rejected and that the author of the booklet Ummahatul-Mu’minin could not be prosecuted under the law. This news break greatly reinforced the faith of all those present in the meeting and they all praised God Almighty for His wondrous ways!
(The Writer)
Most humble servant of yours,
Muhammad Sadiq