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Sabhasud, Arya Samaj, Peshawar". (Nuskha- e-Khabte Ahmadiya p. 347; ret Lekh Ram<br />
& Mirza, p. 2, Author: Maulana Sanaullah Amritsari).<br />
Mirza had solemnly promised to pay Rs 500/- to Lekh Ram if he lost to the Pandit.<br />
Responding to this offer, he wrote an interesting note. He said:<br />
"Mirzaji has promised me Rs.500/-. This is his old habit (promising but not paying). Here<br />
is a poetic portrayal of his money promise through this couplet:<br />
My life if you want dear, I mind it not But knots of my purse, Oh, open them not!<br />
"We fully know his moveable and immoveable assets and his indebtedness is not<br />
unknown to us. We throw his offer of monetary give and take into dust and make a<br />
present of those five hundred rupees back to him as betel-leaf chewing expenses from our<br />
side, on his on-coming new marriage* for which he says he has received a fresh<br />
revelation only recently". (Nuskha-e- Khabte Ahmadiya, ret Rais-e-Qadian, Vol. 1, p.<br />
121).<br />
(*By "new marriage" the Pandit is referring to Mirza's famous love affair. In the autumn<br />
of his life, Mirza became infatuated with a young married girl, Muhammadi Begum, and<br />
he coveted her madly for long years. He was claiming numerous concocted revelations<br />
regarding his wedding with the girl. So much so that he announced that God had<br />
betrothed the lady to him in the skies. But alas! Mirza died a despondent lover without<br />
consummating his passion)<br />
Mirza Qadiani Verified Lekh Ram's acceptance of Mubahalla<br />
Mirza confirmed that his challenge had been accepted by Pandit Lekh Ram. He wrote:<br />
"May it be known that at the end of Surma-e-Chashme Arya, I had called some Aryan<br />
people for a Mubahala.. As a result of my writing, Pandit Lekh Ram, in his pamphlet,<br />
Khabte Ahmadiya which he published in 1888.... held a Mubahala with me. Accordingly,<br />
in his pamphlet Khabte Ahmadiya on page 344 Pandit Lekh Ram wrote the following in<br />
his introductory remarks. "Since our respected and revered Master Murli Dhar and<br />
Munshi Jeevan Das Sahib <strong>are</strong> busy in government work, this humble obedient, on his<br />
own volition and with their pleasure has taken this duty upon himself Therefore, as the<br />
proverb says: 'take the liar to his door-step,' I accept Mirza Sahib's last request (of<br />
Mubahala) also".<br />
Subject Matter of Mubahala<br />
"I humble, Lekh Ram, son of Pandit Tara Singh Sahib Sharma, Author of Takzeeb-e-<br />
Braheen-e-Ahmadiya and this pamphlet, (Nuskha-e-Khabte Ahmadiya) decl<strong>are</strong> in<br />
soundness of all my senses and understanding that I have read the pamphlet Surma-e-<br />
Chashme Arya from beginning to end. not once but many times, having grasped its<br />
arguments fully and have published its reply in refutation in the light of Sat Dharam (true<br />
religion). In this pamphlet the arguments of Mirza Sahib have not impressed me one bit<br />
because they <strong>are</strong> not righteously oriented. (After dilating on this subject the Pandit wrote