MaulawiMuhammad Fadl, an Ahmadi, and a resident of Chunga, Tehsil Gujar Khan, District Rawalpindi writes:
Letter of Muhammad Fadl, Resident of Chunga
One day in May 1904, after offering the Friday prayer, I was sitting in the mosque in the company of some people including Ahmadis and non-Ahmadis, when one Fadl Dad Khan, a lambardar of Chunga, belonging to my own tribe and a relative of mine, came to the mosque.
At the instigation of a certain person, he began to rebuke me and other Ahmadis. He said that we should not offer our prayers in the mosque and that we had defiled the mosque. Then, mentioning some ancillary issues that Ahmadis and non-Ahmadis differ in, he started quarrelling with me.
I tried to remonstrate with him with the help of reason and record and exposed how untenable his stance was, but he per- sisted in his denial. I felt that, because of his incitement, the common people were getting agitated against Ahmadis, and I noted that he was not relenting from creating trouble and agitation.
At that time great anguish and anxiety stirred up in my heart and I wondered what could be the way to resolve this situation as a grave disturbance was about to start on account of this person. Thereupon, addressing him, I said, ‘Look, if I am false in the matters that I am stating, let God Almighty kill me prior to you and if you are false, let God Almighty kill you!’ Fadl Dad answered me in as many words, ‘May God kill you!’
Then, I left the mosque immediately and the people dispersed. After a few days, this man (i.e. Fadl Dad Khan) developed a serious case of abdominal pain and, within ten months, died on 24 March 1906 and, through his death, left behind a Sign of the truth of the Ahmadiyya Movement. Those who were present on the occasion of the mubahalah remained terrified and overawed for some time and I myself heard some of the opponents acknowledging that this man’s death was indeed a Sign.
Yours humbly,
Muhammad Fadl Ahmadi,
Village Chunga, Tehsil Gujar Khan, District Rawalpindi,
30 September 1906
[Witnesses] |
[Remarks] |
Nizam-ud-Din, tailor |
Witness to the mubahalah con- test and the death of Fadl Dad Khan—Thumb impression |
Fadl Khan |
The statement given above is true. Signed. |
Wali Khan |
The statement given above is true. Signed. |