Intro
MGA lost one court case against him in his career. MGA and his entire family were above the law in British India. It is the case of MGA vs. Karam ud Din. In January 1903, on behalf of Moulvi Karam Deen of Bheen District Jhelum, and Moulvi Faqeer Mohammad, Editor of Sirajul Akhbaar Jhelum, Sheikh Yaqoob Ali Editor of Al Hakam and Hakeem Fazal-ud-Deen of Bhera who were being sued in connection with a booklet, ‘Saif Chishtian’ by Peer Mehar Ali who was custodian of the Golrah Shrine (See Tareekh Ahmadiat vol-3, pages 289 onward). Syed Abdul Latif, who was executed in July of 1903 had also accompanied MGA to Jhelum in January of 1903, this seems to be MGA’s first court appearance.
On 8 October,-1904 the Judge Lala Atmaram (Hindu judge) announced his Judgement whereby a penalty of Rs.500/- and Rs.200/- was imposed on Mirza Qadiani, the author and Hakeem Fazal din Bhervi, the publisher respectively (See Tareekh Ahmadiat vol-3, pages 289 onward). Both will spend six month term in Jail in case of non payment of penalties. However, Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan had sent Rs 900/- to Khwaja Kamauddin in anticipation of Court,s adverse decision. Thus, Khwaja Kamauddin saved Mirza from going to jail & being handcuffed by depositing the penalty in the court then and there.
About a year later, they won on appeal in early 1905. It was a european Judge named Mr. Hurry (this name seems to be incorrect), he was the sessions judge of Appeals at Amritsar. Years later in 1914, Khwaja Kamal ud Din would write that “problems were caused for the Promised Messiah by statements published from Qadian before the case without his knowledge”.
اور نواب محمد علی خان صاحب بھی لاہور سے کئی ہزار روپیہ ساتھ لائے تھے۔
And respected Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan also brought thousands of rupees with him from Lahore.
Seeratul-Mehdi page 98._____________________________________________________________________________________________
1902
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Pages 570-572
December 6, 1902
(A) Last night I was in such a state that if I had not received Divine revelation, I would have been proved right in thinking that my last moment had arrived. While I was in this condition, I was overtaken by sleep and saw in my dream that I was in a cul-de-sac and three buffaloes (636)
were coming towards me. When one of them approached me I beat it away and the same happened with the second one. Then the third advanced towards me. I felt that it was so
strong that there was no way of deliverance from it. While this was passing through my mind, Allah the Almighty so ordained that it turned away. Taking advantage of this I slipped through brushing against it and began to run. I was thinking that it would be running after me but I did not look back. Then the following Prayer was inspired by Allah the Almighty in a dream upon my heart:
637–Arabic O my Lord everything serves You. So O my Lord, protect me and help me and have mercy on me. [Publishers]
638--al-Hakam, vol. 6, December 10, 1902, p. 10, reports that the Promised Messiahas said:
This prayer is an amulet and protection… I will henceforth make this supplication regularly in my Prayers, and you should also do it.
He also said:
The greatest matter in it, which teaches the True Unity—that is, assures that Allah the Glorious alone can cause any harm or impart any benefit—is that it teaches us that [O Allah] everything is in Your service, and no harmful thing can cause any damage without Your will and permission.
It was conveyed to me that this is the great name of God and that whoever supplicates in these terms would be delivered from every affliction. [al-Badr, vol. 1, no. 7, December 12, 1902, p. 54 and al-Hakam, vol. 6, no. 44, December 10, 1902, p. 10].
(B) Of the Signs shown in my favour is one in which God, the All-Knowing and the Wise, informed me about a mean person and his great calumny against me and apprised me through His revelation that this man would attack me in order to humiliate me, but would himself become my target in the end. Allah the Almighty conveyed this to me in the course of three dreams. He disclosed to me in a dream that this enemy of mine would engage three helpers in my opposition to achieve success in his proceedings to dishonour me and to put me to trouble. I was shown in a dream that I was hauled into court like a prisoner but I was shown that I would be delivered in the end, though after an interval. I was also given the good news that the affliction would be reverted upon this lying mean enemy of mine himself.…. Then I began to wait for the developments as indicated in the prophecy. After the passing of a year, all this happened at the instance of Karam Din. (That is, he brought unjustified criminal charges against me).639 [Haqiqatul-Wahi, p. 215, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, p. 225].
639—This Sign was originally published by the Promised Messiahas in Mawahib-ur Rahman in Arabic and Persian. Later, in Haqiqatul-Wahi, he published the same in Urdu. Our English rendering is based upon the Urdu citation in Haqiqatul-Wahi. [Munawar Ahmed Saeed]
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1903
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 582
January 13, 1903
655—-[Arabic] I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you. I shall help him who designs to help you. You have a high standing in My Presence. I have chosen you for Myself and your secret is My secret. You are with Me and I am with you and your secret is My
secret. When you are angry, I am angry and when you love, I also love. You are to me like My Unity and My Uniqueness. So the time has come when you should be helped and be known among people. Allah praises you from His Throne. Allah praises you and is walking towards you. You have a high standing in My Presence. I have chosen you for Myself and your secret is My secret. You have a standing with Me of which the people have no knowledge. O My
Ahmad, you are My purpose and are with Me. You are with Me and I am with you. Your secret is My secret. When you are angry, I am angry and everyone you love, I love. You have a high standing in My Presence. I have chosen you for Myself. [Publishers].
[Notebook of the Revelations of the Promised Messiahas, p. 1]
He has given me good news and said:
656—[Arabic] I shall not leave a trace of anything which might be designed to humiliate you. [Publishers]
and He said:
657—[Arabic] Allah will safeguard you Himself and He is the Most Gracious Friend. [Publishers]
[Mawahibur-Rahman, p. 17, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 19, p. 235]
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 583-584
January 15, 1903
While in Lahore I received, repeatedly, the revelation: That is [Arabic] I shall show you My blessings from every side.658 [al-Hakam, vol. 7, no. 4, January 31, 1903, p. 15 and al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 1–2, January 23–30, 1903, p. 9].
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 585
January 21, 1903
I saw in my dream that Karam Din had been given some sentence and this was followed by the revelation:
662—[Arabic] That was because they disobeyed and used to transgress. [Publishers]
[Notebook of the Revelations of the Promised Messiahas, p. 2]
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 587
January 24, 1903
(A) Today, in a vision, I was shown the following:
663—–[Arabic] A detailed account of that which Allah did in this war after I had published the prophecy among people. [Publishers]
Thereafter my mind moved towards the reception of revelation and I was repeating these very words. This indicates that the prophecy made about the case beforehand would now be fulfilled in detail. [al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 1–2, January 23–30, 1903, p. 7 and al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 5, February 20, 1903, p. 36 and al-Hakam, vol. 7, no. 4, January 31, 1903, p. 15]
(B) I saw in my dream as if I was about to publish an article on the final result of Karam Din’s case against me and I wished to give it this heading:
664––[Arabic] The details of that which Allah did in this war after we had published the prophecy among people. They have drawn away from the water of life, then grind them down a fine grinding. [Publishers]
[Notebook of the Revelations of the Promised Messiahas, p. 3]
17 August 1903:
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 617
June 29, 1903
I was pondering deeply about the result of the cases which have been filed against me by Karam Din and which some members of my Jama‘at [Community] have filed against him. In this condition, I received the revelation:
714—–[Arabic] Verily, Allah is with those who are righteous and those who do good. In this there are Signs for questioners. [Publishers]
I was made to understand that of the two sides God will be with those and will bestow help and victory upon those, who are righteous—that is to say, who do not tell lies, do not wrong anyone, do not calumniate anyone, do not persecute people by cheating, deceiving, and dishonest dealing, and eschew every vice and adhere to truth and justice. And fearing God, they treat His servants with sympathy, goodwill and goodness, and are true wellwishers of mankind. They are not inspired by beastliness, wrongdoing and evil, and are ever ready to behave virtuously towards everyone. The final decision will be in their favour. At that time those who ask: ‘which of the two sides is in the right’ will be shown not one Sign but many Signs. [al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 24, July 3, 1903, p. 189 and al-Hakam, vol. 7, no. 24, June 30, 1903, p. 11].
Also found in the ROR (English of July 1903)See page 288
Click to access reviewreligionsenglish190307.pdf
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 625
August 18, 1903
[al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 32, August 28, 1903, p. 253 and al-Hakam, vol. 7, no. 31, August 24, 1903, p. 6] Translation: (A) [Arabic] [I shall honour you in a goodly way.] (B) [Arabic] I shall honour you
in a way that will cause people to wonder. (C) [Arabic] The heavens and the earth were closed-up like a bundle and We opened them out, that is, the earth as well as the heavens demonstrated their full powers. (D) [Arabic]
20 August 1903: The Promised Messiah arrived back in Qadian from Gurdaspur from the aforementioned journey.
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad only lost one court case in his entire life. This was the case of 1903–1905. It was in terms of defamation. In 1899, MGA was ordered to never call anyone Kazzab or Kafir ever again. Well, it seems that MGA was accused of exactly that in 1903 by Karam–ud-Din. Further, this was the first case wherein the judge was not a European, the judge was Hindu, and he even refused to give MGA a chair to sit on (see Mahmud Ahmad, “Hazrat Ahmad”, 1998 edition, online, see pages 46-51). In fact, in 1904, MGA was found guilty and was supposed to be taken into custody, however, his bail was paid and MGA was released. MGA’s legal team then fought the case on appeal, wherein the case went before a European judge, who promptly vindicated MGA (see RoR, pages 39-40, Jan-1905 edition, online).
MGA mentioned Karam Din in “Mawahibur-Rahman” (see page 103) English Version would be “Bounty of God”, published in 1903.
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 632
September 23, 1903
741–[Persian] Be glad and happy. [Publishers]
[al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 37, October 2, 1903, p. 390]
Note by Hadrat Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Shams: This revelation was received during the court case of Karam Din.
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 631
September 23, 1903
al-Badr reports that the Promised Messiah[as] narrated the following dream upon rising in the morning:
I had taken up a pen to write. I observed that its point was broken. Thereupon I said: Put on to it one of the nibs that had been sent by Muhammad Afdal. While those nibs were being looked for, I woke up….
If someone would take the time out from worldly occupations and stay with me, he would witness a running river of prophecies being fulfilled like the one of yesterday concerning a pen.740[al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 37, October 2, 1903, p. 390].
740— al-Badr reports that:
After 10 a.m. the case brought by Karam Din against the Promised Messiah and Hakim Fadl Din was brought up. Khwajah Sahib presented a request on behalf of Hakim Fadl Din that the charges made by Maulavi Karam Din are the same for the investigation of which I have brought a case against Karam Din. Therefore the present case should be postponed till the earlier cases are decided. The lawyers on both side entered into a debate on this issue and the court decided to
postpone the decision to the following day. In the evening the Promised Messiah received the revelation: [Persian] Be glad and happy. On the 24th the case brought by Sheikh Ya‘qub ‘Ali Editor al- Hakam against Maulavi Karam Din and the Editor of Sirajul-Akhbar of Jehlum was to be heard. But since the testimony of the plaintiff was not available, the case was postponed to October 21, 1903. Since the court had not yet rendered a decision of the discussion of the previous day, Khwajah Sahib wanted to bring up additional legal points. After hearing him, the court decided after 1 p.m. that the plea for postponement be turned down. Thus the words of God, which He
conveyed to His apostle on the 22nd in the evening and which he had narrated on the morning of the 23rd were fulfilled. [al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 37, October 2, 1903, p. 390].
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1904
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In my dream I said to Maulvi Muhammad Ali (Urdu): You were also righteous and meant well, come and sit down with us (Badr Vol. III, No. 29, Aug. 1, 1904, p. 4).
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(a) Revelation (Arabic): We have softened for you, the iron (Persian): We do not approve of any other meaning (AlHakam, Vol. VIII, No. 17, May 24, 1904, p. 2).
aken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 671
May 1904
807—-[Arabic] We shall put awe in their hearts. [Publishers]
[al-Badr, vol. 3, no. 29, August 1, 1904, p. 4 and al-Hakam, vol. 8, no. 16, May 17, 1904, p. 2]
Footnote—Note by Hadrat Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Shamsra: This revelation was received on the return from Gurdaspur where the Promised Messiahas had gone in connection with the case of Karam Din. (See al-Hakam, May 24, 1904, p. 2).
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 670-671
May 1904
(A)805—[Arabic] We made the iron soft for you. [Persian] We do not approve of any other meaning. [Publishers]
[al-Badr, vol. 3, no. 29, August 1, 1904, p. 4 and al-Hakam, vol. 8, no. 17, May 24, 1904, p. 2]
(B) In the case brought against me by Maulavi Karam Din at Gurdaspur, Karam Din insisted that the word la’im meant bastard and that the word kazzab meant one who always tells lies. The court of first instance accepted his contention. In those days I received the revelation:
806—[Persian] We do not approve of any other meaning. [Publishers]
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 1050
October 8, 1904
Shukar Ilahi of Nabi Pur District Gurdaspur narrates that: On the (day) on which judgment in the case of Karam Din was to be announced… the Promised Messiahas was walking… under the trees at the time of ‘Asr.… He stopped suddenly from walking and said something to Maulavi Sahib [Nur-ud-Din]. At that time the case was called and when we returned to the shed, the Promised Messiahas said to Maulavi Sahib [Nur-ud-Din]: I have seen in a vision that
my handkerchief had fallen in a pool of water but was recovered. He interpreted this as meaning that he would be sentenced to a fine which would be remitted. And that is what happened.[Register Riwayat-e-Sahabah, vol. 3, p. 114]
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 1050-1051
October 10, 1904
Miyan Allah Yar Contractor of Batala narrates through Maulavi Ghulam Nabi Misri that:
At the end of the case in Gurdaspur, when the Promised Messiahas was about to leave for Batala for the return journey to Qadian, he received a vision or a revelation:
[Urdu] The route via Batala is dangerous.
The Promised Messiah asked for the carriages to be brought, and three of them were brought. (He changed his route and commenced the journey.) He explained the reason for the change of route. In the meantime a rath (bullock chariot) had been sent from Qadian to Batala to meet him. Instead of the Promised Messiahas some of his companions including Sheikh Ya‘qub ‘Ali, travelled in it. When they arrived at the canal bridge, they found that some of the opponents from Massanian and Batala were pretending to hold a meeting. They had conspired to waylay the Promised Messiahas at the bridge and throw him into the canal. ….When the chariot approached the bridge it was surrounded by the crowd of opponents… and there was
a skirmish… but when they discovered that the Promised Messiah was not in the chariot, they apologized for the assault. [Register Riwayat-e-Sahabah, vol. 10, pp. 280–281].
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1905
Lecture Ludhiana (See pages 31-32) also mentions the Karam Din Case.
From the Review of Religions–Jan 1905, (english version)
http://www.reviewofreligions.org/wp-content/pdf-downloads/RR190501.pdf#page=39
End of Cases vs. MGA
see pages 39-40
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1906
See the ROR of May 1906 for a full explanation of why this case was instituted
May 1906, English ROR
It covers this topic also.
June 1906, English ROR
Muhammad Ali explains how MGA’s book “Mawahibur-Rahman” was being distributed for free at the courtyard wherein the court case was being held back in 1903.
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1907
The reference from Haqiqatul way wherein MGA mentions this case
(Haqiqat al-Wahy, pp. 265-266). (also see Muhammad Ali, “Heresy in Islam”, online 1995 english edition)
“Sign no. 118. I was staying in Gurdaspur in connection with a criminal case (brought against me by Karam Din of Jhelum). I received a revelation: “You will be questioned about your rank and dignity. Say. Allah has bestowed this rank on me; and leave them in their sport”. I related this revelation to my companions who were not less than forty in number including Maulvi Muhammad Ali and Khwaja Kamalu-ud-Din. Later, we went into the court where the counsel for the complainant asked the same question. “is your rank and dignity the same as has been written in Tiryaq-ul-Qulub? I replied: “Yes; it is so by the grace of Allah”.
658-–This prophecy was fulfilled in this wise* that when I approached Jhelum about ten thousand people came to see me. The road was choked with people in all sorts of humble attitudes as if they wanted to prostrate themselves. Then there was such a multitude of people around the District Courts that the Magistrates were greatly surprised. Eleven hundred men and two hundred women made the bai‘at and joined the Jama‘at. Karam Din’s complaint against me was dismissed. Many people made offerings and presented gifts out of good will and humility. Thus we returned to Qadian enriched in every way with God’s blessings and God fulfilled the prophecy very clearly. [Haqiqatul-Wahi, p. 252, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, p. 264].
“””(b) In the case brought against me by Karam Din at Gurdaspur, Karam Din insisted that the word laeen meant bastard and that the word kazzab meant one who always tells lies. The court of first instance accepted his contention. In those days I received the revelation (Persian): We do not approve of the other meaning; which I understood as indicating that the interpretation of the first court would not be upheld on appeal; and so it happened. The Divisional Judge rejected all the arguments advanced on behalf of Karam Din and held that laeen and kazzab were appropriate for Karam Din, who was deserving of even worse.”” (Haqeegat-ul-Wahi p. 380).
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“”In Karam Din’s case against me Atma Ram, Magistrate, did not pay full attention to the merits and made up his mind to sentence me to imprisonment. Thereupon God conveyed to me that
Atma Ram would be afflicted with the deaths of his children. I communicated this vision to the members of my Movement and it so happened that within 20 or 25 days he lost two sons. In the end, though he had laid the foundation in his judgment of sentencing me to imprisonment, God held him back from that design, yet he imposed upon me a fine of 700 rupees. I was then honorably acquitted on appeal by the Divisional Judge. But Karam Din’s conviction and sentence were maintained. My fine was remitted but Atma Ram’s sons did not come back. According to the Divine prophecy which had been published already in my book Mawahibur Rahman, I was acquitted, my fine was refunded, Atma Ram’s order was set aside and the Appellate Court rebuked him for an improper order, but Karam Din was convicted and punished and the judgment of the court confirmed his being a liar”” (Haqeeqatul-Wahi pp. 121-122).
Tell them: It is Allah Who has revealed these words; and then leave them occupied with their
sport. (E) That is [Arabic] They will ask you about your status—what is your honour and
status.731 Say: It is God Who has granted me this status; and then leave them indulging in
idle sport. (F) [Arabic] [No incongruity can you see in the creation of the Gracious One.]
[Haqiqatul-Wahi, pp. 90, 107, 70, 265–266, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, pp. 93, 110, 73, 277–278]
On one occasion when I was in Gurdaspur in connection with a criminal case (that had been instituted against me by Karam Din of Jehlam), I received the revelation: [They will ask you
concerning your status.]… Thereafter when we appeared in court, the other side’s lawyer asked me the same question: Is your rank and status as you have described it in Tiryaqul-Qulub? I answered: Yes, by Allah’s grace that is my status; Allah has Himself bestowed it upon me.
In this manner the revelation which had come to me in the morning was fulfilled about the time of ‘Asr. [Haqiqatul-Wahi, pp. 265–266, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, pp. 277–278]
I understood this as indicating that the interpretation of the first court would not be upheld on appeal; and so it happened. The Divisional Judge rejected all the arguments advanced on behalf of Karam Din and held that la’im and kazzab were appropriate for Karam Din, who was
deserving of even stronger words.[Haqiqatul-Wahi, p. 380, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, p. 394].
A Maulavi named Karam Din filed some criminal charges against me in Gurdaspur and the maulavis opposed to me appeared as witnesses in the court of Atma Ram, the Extra Assistant Commissioner…. Atma Ram did not pay full attention to the merits and made up his mind to sentence me to imprisonment. Thereupon God conveyed to me that Atma Ram would be afflicted with the deaths of his children. I communicated this vision to the members of my
Jama‘at825. It so happened that within 20 or 25 days he lost two sons. In the end, though he had laid the foundation in his judgment of sentencing me to imprisonment, God held him back from that design, yet he imposed upon me a fine of 700 rupees. I was then honourably acquitted on appeal by the Divisional Judge. But Karam Din’s conviction and sentence were maintained. My fine was remitted but Atma Ram’s sons did not come back…. According to the Divine prophecy which had been published already in my book Mawahibur-Rahman, I was acquitted, my fine was refunded, and the issuing officer’s [Atma Ram’s] order was set aside and he was rebuked for issuing an improper order. But Karam Din (as I had already published in Mawahibur- Rahman) was convicted and punished and the judgment of the court confirmed his being a liar.[Haqiqatul-Wahi, pp. 121–122, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, pp. 124–125].
825—Note by Maulana Abdul Latif Bahawalpuri: Qadi Muhammad Yusuf, Amir Jama‘at Ahmadiyyah, Frontier Province writes in his book Sawanih Zuhur-e-Ahmad Ma‘ud:
The Promised Messiahas saw in a dream that a lion has taken away both sons of Atma Ram. At the same time as the Promised Messiahas narrated this dream, Atma Ram received a telegram that his son is suffering from plague. Two sons of his died one after the other with plague. [Zuhur-e-Ahmad Mau‘ud, pp. 51–52].
Taken from Hidden Treasures–https://www.alislam.org/library/book/hidden-treasures-of-islam/
Pages 343–346
Summary written by Syed Hasanat Ahmad (2010)
The publication of the book had an instant impact. It published a prophecy of the Promised Messiah about Maulavi Karam Din. The book was published on January 15, 1903, by special efforts of the press workers in Qadian and carried the news that Maulavi Karam Din would attempt to involve the Promised Messiah in criminal cases and the Promised Messiah was divinely informed that he would be honourably acquitted from these cases. The publication had to be completed before that date as Maulavi Karam Din had already moved the Extra Assistant Commissioner of Jhelum to issue warrant of arrest of the Promised Messiahas under Section 500, 501 and 502 of the Criminal Procedure Code and the date of hearing was fixed on January 17, 1903. The issuance of warrant of arrest provided yet another occasion to opponents to raise an uproar against the Promised Messiah and they were clamouring a severe punishment for him. The trip from Qadian to Jhelum became historic in several ways. Giving details of the journey in a later publication (Haqiqatul-Wahi), the
Promised Messiah said:
When I was on my way to Jhelum in connection with a case filed by Maulavi Karam Din, I had a revelation: “I (God) will shower blessings upon you from all directions.” I related the revelation to the people of my Jama‘at and this revelation came true in this manner that, when I reached Jhelum, about ten thousand people came to see me and most of them had lined up on the roads. Such a crowd had assembled in the court that it had amazed the authorities. About
eleven hundred people came to me for bai‘at and about two hundred of them were women. The case filed by Maulavi Karam Din was dismissed and a large number of people made offerings in cash and kinds to show their regard and respect for me. And this was how I was showered with the Divine blessings and returned to Qadian victoriously. (Haqiqatul-Wahi, p. 252, Sign No. 101, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, pp. 263-264).
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1923
اور نواب محمد علی خان صاحب بھی لاہور سے کئی ہزار روپیہ ساتھ لائے تھے۔
And respected Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan also brought thousands of rupees with him from Lahore.
Seeratul-Mehdi page 98.
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1935
The case is mentioned in the ROR of Nov-1935.
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 1048
Sheikh Khair-ud-Din 1261 narrated that: When the case of Karam Din was pending before Chandu Lal Magistrate, the Promised Messiahas said: I do not see Chandu Lal1262 occupying the Magistrate’s chair.[al-Hakam, vol, no. 38, no. 25, July 14, 1935, p. 4 and Register Riwayat-e-Sahabah, vol. 9, pp. 58–59]
1261–Note by Hadrat Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Shamsra: He was from Ludhiana and was a cobbler by profession. He used to make shoes for the Promised Messiahas. He s
Taken from Tadhkirah (2009 online edition)
Page 1049
October 7, 1904
Chaudhry Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Ashraf Head Master Bairam Pur narrated that:
The Promised Messiah said at the time of ‘Asr Prayer one day before judgment was to be delivered in the case of Karam Din… that he had seen in his dream that he was returning home riding a white horse and his wife said (something like): We have suffered a loss (probably of money). The Promised Messiahas said to her: That does not matter as I have returned safe.
The Promised Messiah interpreted the dream that the Magistrate (who was a bigoted Arya, and was bent upon giving the decision against the Promised Messiah) would sentence him to a fine, but nothing more. However, on appeal he would be acquitted and would thus be made
secure against the mischief of the Magistrate. That is exactly what happened the next day; he was sentenced to a fine, which was immediately paid … and on appeal [he was acquitted and] the fine was remitted.[al-Hakam, vol. 38, no. 3, January 28, 1935, p. 4]
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1966
Nubuwwat & Khilafat
(Prophethood & its Successorship), Four Speeches Delivered on June 10, 1966 Under the Chairmanship of Hadrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih III (may Allah shower His mercy upon him) at Masjid Mubarak Rabwah, Pakistan.—-https://www.alislam.org/library/books/Nubuwwat-and-Khilafat.pdf
Pages 17-18
Statements Under Oath of Maulavi Muhammad ‘Ali in the Court
14) a. In the presence of Promised Messiahas, Maulavi Muhammad ‘Ali appeared as a witness on May 13, 1904. On being questioned by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din he said:
Anyone who denies the truthfulness of a Prophet is a great liar. Mirza Sahib has claimed to be a Nabi. His followers believe him to be true in this claim and his opponents consider him false. The Holy Prophetsa is true according to Muslims and false according to the Christians.
b. On June 16, 1904, in the presence of the Promised Messiahas, in response to the critique made by Maulavi Karam Din, Maulavi Muhammad ‘Ali said:
Mirza Sahib makes a claim of nubuwwat in his writings. The purport of his claim is that, “I am a Nabi but I have brought no new shari‘ah.” According to the Holy Qur’an anyone who treats such a true claimant as a liar is a great liar. (Court Proceedings, p. 362).
16) In the case of Maulavi Karam Din of Bhaiñ [District Jehlum], acting as attorneys, Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din and Maulavi Muhammad ‘Ali, submitted the following statement under the signature of the Promised Messiahas:
There is another view of the matter according to Mohamedan theology. One who belies a person claiming to be a Prophet is a kadhdhab [great liar] and this has been admitted by prosecution evidence. Now the complainant knew perfectly well that the first accused claimed that position and, notwithstanding that, he belied the accused. Consequently in religious terminology the complainant was a kadhdhab. (Proceedings Gurdaspur Court, p. 194).
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1970
The Muslim Sunrise of April-May-1970 doesn’t give any name of any editor. The gist of a Friday sermon by the 3rd Khalifa from 2-24-1970 is given. The gist of a Friday sermon by the 2nd Khalifa from 5-30-1928 is also given. A lecture by a grandson of MGA is given (Mirza Mubarak Ahmad) while he was in Indonesia in 1969. Mirza Mubarak Ahmad mentioned the brother-in-law of MGA (Mir Muhammad Ismail). The famous case from 1904 with Karam Din is also given. 4 Ahmadiyya locations are given out, the Dayton Mosque-temple at 637 Randolph St, Dayton, Ohio, the Fazl Mosque, 2141 Leroy Place, Washington D.C., the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Chicago, IL, on Wabash Ave and an Ahmadiyya mission in NY, on 147-20 Archer Ave, Jamaica-Queens.
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1981
My Mother (alislam.org) by Zafrullah Khan
See page 24, online english edition
He (Zafrullah’s FATHER) was summoned to appear as a defense witness in the court of a Magistrate at Gudaspur in a criminal case in which Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Movement, was being tried for defamation of one Maulvi Karam Deen, one of his bitter and virulent opponents. This afforded him an opportunity of meeting the illustrious personage and he was much impressed with his gracious personality and his very high spirituality. He was now studying the Movement earnestly, had become a regular subscriber to the weekly Al-Hakam and started attending the daily lesson of the Holy Quran given by Maulvi Abdul Karim, an eminent disciple and devoted companion of the Promised Messiah. He had at no time been opposed to the Movement, but he possessed a deliberate temperament and made up his mind after careful and deep reflection.””
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Mirza Masroor Ahmad mentions how the sons of this hindu magistrate died
Friday Sermon, February 6th, 2015 (https://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2015-02-06.html)
The Khalifa give no references.
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The story from Tarikh-i-Ahmadiyya
Tareekh Ahmadiat vol-3, pages 289 onward. Aftab e Golra by Haji Nawabdin
INTRODUCTION
Abul Fazl Muhammad Karmuddin Dabir aka Molvi Karam Din was born in around 1854 at a village called Bhen Near Jehlum Punjab, British India. He was a contemporary Muslim Scholar and an adversary to Mirza Ghulam Qadiani. He got preliminary education at his native village and then got admission at renowned religious institutions at Lahore and Amritsar and completed his studies from there. He was a tall and sturdy man with immaculate knowledge of Quraan and hadth. He died in 1946.
Molana Karmuddin worked hard against Qadianism and established Weekly Magazine Sirajul Akhbar. It was published under his editorship. This magazine pursued a policy of active chase of Mirza Ghulam Qadiani and his heretic activities. Sirajul Akhbar published some high quality anti Qadiani articles based on irrefutable arguments in support of Khatme Nabuwwat. Finding no logical answer to the writings of Molana, Mirza Qadiani and his bunch of Mullahs knocked the door of their mentor, the British Colonial Empire. Qadianis started filing complaints against the irrefutable writings of Molana Karmuddin in the court of Law under British rule.
First court case against Molana Karmuddin was filed by Hakeem Fazal Bhervi, one of the courtier Mullah of Mirza Qadiani on 14 November, 1902 under Section 417 of Indian Criminal Procedure Code. This case was based on one of Molana,s writings, published in SIRAJUL Akhbar.
While the case was under hearing by the court, Mirza Ghulam Qadiani boasted that god has sent to him ilham that the case will be decided in his favour. However, the case was decided in favour of Molana Karmuddin and he was acquitted honourably by the court.
Second case was also filed by Hakeem Fazal Din Bhervi against Molana Karmuddin. It was filed in the court at Gurdaspur on 29 June 1903. This was also decided in favour of Molana Karmuddin. Qadiani party was badly humiliated and the case was dismissed.
Third case against Molana Karmuddin was filed by Qadiani Yaqub Ali Turab, Editor Akhbar Alhakam. The case was filed against Molana Karmuddin and his friend Molana Faqir Muhammad Jehelmi wherein a penalty of Rs. 54/- was imposed on both of the respondents. Since the amount of penalty was so meagre that they did not file appeal against it.
Book Mawahibur Rehman authored by Mirza Ghulam Qadiani was published in Jehlum on 17 January, 1903. In this Book Mirza has used extremely abusive language against Molana Karmuddin. Since earlier litigation was started by Qadiani party , so this time Molana Karmuddin filed a suit against Mirza Ghulam Qadiani and Hakeem Fazal din Bhervi.
While the court proceeding was under way, Mirza Qadiani boasted that his opponent have not filed the suit against him but they have filed the case against God. He said that these peoples would put every effort against him but he believes that God will prove the truth with powerful attacks. On 28th January 1903 at evening, Mirza said he received Ilham which says that “God is with his slave and would comfort your heart”. Another Ilham was received to him on 17th February, 1903 saying “Sunday and the victory of Hunain”, (Victory like the holy prophet pbuh got at Ghazwa hunain) On 18 August, 1903, Mirza announced that he received another ilham saying that “Allah is with those who are more pious and would give victory to them.”
This case turned out to be a war between truth and falsehood. Many scholars were summoned by the court to explain the derogatory words used by Mirza in his book, Mawahibur Rehman. For Mirzai side Mirza Ghulam Qadiani, Hakeem Fazal din Bervi and Khwaja Kamaluddin appeared in the court. Qadiani party spent money blindly on this case. Mirza Qadiani had to stand in the court for hours in humiliations.
On 13 March, 1904 British Civil Surgeon Gurdaspur Captain P. Se More came to Qadian and issued another Medical certificate to Mirza Ghulam certifying that he is sick and is unable to travel from Qadian to Gurdaspur for next six months. The Judge then ordered the Qadiani side to deposit surety bond to this effect which was duly submitted in the Court.
Khwaja Kamaluddin and Molana Muhammad Ali Lahori, the main lawyers for Mirza Qadiani, besides doing various manoeuvrings in the court, adopted a very interesting line of defence. They argued that Mirza Ghulam Qadiani is a true messenger, Messiah and Mehdi of the time. According Quraan and ahadiths the one who do not accept a prophet, is a liar. Since Molvi Karam Din denies his claim of prophethood and Mahdi Messiah so he is a liar and court may not entertain his case.
On 8 October, 1904 the Judge Lala Atmaram announced his Judgment whereby a penalty of Rs.500/- and Rs.200/- was imposed on Mirza Qadiani, the author and Hakeem Fazal din Bhervi, the publisher respectively. Both will spend six month term in Jail in case of non payment of penalties. However, Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan had sent Rs 900/- to Khwaja Kamauddin in anticipation of Court,s adverse decision. So Khawaja Kamaluddin saved Mirza from going to jail & being handcuffed by depositing the penalty in the court then and there.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________Taken from Hidden Treasures--https://www.alislam.org/library/book/hidden-treasures-of-islam/
Page 126
Summary written by Syed Hasanat Ahmad (2010)
Padre ‘Imad-ud-Din, a native convert from Islam, was a paid servant of the Christians for a long time. He had already made himself notorious by his rabid and scurrilous attacks upon the Holy Founder of Islam. His books Tarikh-e-Muhammadi and Hidayatul-Muslimin had inflicted deep wounds upon religious susceptibilities of the Muslims. Even the Ra’i Hind and Prakash of Amritsar had protested against his bitter attacks. Another Hindu paper, Aftab-e- Punjab had
also condemned his writings. Muslims exposed this paid preacher of Christians in a book entitled ‘Uqubatud Dallin. Even the organ of the American Mission, Shamsul Akhbar of Lucknow had admitted the abusive nature of Padre ‘Imad-ud-Din and his colleagues Maulavi
Karam Din, Nizamud Din, Ilahi Bakhsh, Hamidullah Khan, etc., who were called Maulavis and learned men to deceive the public. The Promised Messiahas offered five thousand rupees as a reward if they could jointly produce a book like the one entitled Nurul-Haqq (Life of
Ahmad by A.R. Dardra, edition of 2008, pp. 412-413).
_____________________________________________________________________________________________Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s poetry vs. Karam Din
See Durr-e-Sameen. https://www.alislam.org/library/books/Durr-e-Sameen-English-Translation.pdf. Pages 86 and 94
Page 86
Is it not strange that while you are His beloved,
The entire affairs are being carried out to my favour?
Then not only this that it has happened once, I see the bounties of God at each step.
Look at that man from Bheen whose named Karam Din,
Who even sacrificed his sleep for the sake of conflict,
For whose help there was fervour among the people and
Whose weaknesses were hidden by every enemy of truth,
Whose friend was every aggressor and strayed person,
For whose help came the Muslim clerics, (210)
Page 94
What a strange thingHe helps a disbeliever
That God Who was supposed to befriend the believers.
In your eyes, even Karam Din was one of the pious ones
Who aggressively attacked mefor no reason.
I was not without supportGod’s help was with me
God’s revelation repeatedly gave glad tiding of victory.
But he did not see mehis eyes were closed
Then, after retribution, he decked himself with eye salve.
In the offices123, his name still remains as a liar
Now he can’t erase this name until the Day of Counting. (130)
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Links and related Essays
What is Saif-e-Chishtiyai (The Chishtia Sword), by Pir Mehr Ali Shah (1902)
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/?s=Lekh+Ram
Dr. Henry Martyn Clarke’s legal statement vs. MGA in the court of the District of Gurdaspur
Syed Abdul Latif accompanied MGA to Jhelum in January of 1903
Dr. Clarke’s initial comments on MGA sending Abdul Hameed to murder him
A. E. Martineau, District Magistrate, Amritsar, his arrest warrant vs. MGA
Who is Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din? – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
The statement of Dr. Clarke on solemn affirmation on 12th August 1897 vs. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
http://www.ahmadiyya.org/bookspdf/bar/bar180-201-frm.htm
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/?s=Lekh
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/?s=Athim
Even in 1907, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was still lusting for his niece, Muhammadi Begum
http://www.ahmadiyya.org/bookspdf/bar/bar180-201-frm.htm
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad sent Abdul Hameed to murder Dr. Clark, after Lekh Ram was murdered
https://www.alislam.org/library/books/The-Afghan-Martyrs-by-B.A.Rafiq.pdf
The Criminal Law Journal of India: A Monthly Legal Publication Containing … – Google Books
The Criminal Law Journal of India: A Monthly Legal Publication …, Volume 2
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