25 July 1898

The Best Response to Abusive Language

Maulvi Muhammad Husain of Batala dispatched his periodical Isha’at-us-Sunnah of 1895, volume 18, numbers 5 to 12, with Muhammad, the son of Chughta, who belongs to the Awan people, a resident of Hammu, Ghakhar, district Sialkot, in which many unjust attacks had been made against the Promised Messiah(as). On the afternoon of 25 July 1898, the Promised Messiah(as) returned the original copies of these bound periodicals to the messenger and wrote the following on the top of the front page:

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O my Lord! If this person is true in what he says then grant him honour, but if he is false then seize him. Ameen.