The dress that pleased him was the rough one; and the food that pleased him was the coarse and simple one. (Sifat al-,Safwah, Vol. 1. p. 122.) Not to mention the great personalities of the early period of Islam, nor even 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-Aziz, who was a rightly guided caliph, we refer here only to personalities of much lower stature when compared with men of the above-mentioned genre. Among the humble followers of the Holy Prophet one comes across, among others, great rulers whose self-denial, detachment, piety and scrupulousness' absolute indifference to worldly life, its vanities and its false glories constitute man's pride and have left an indelible ampress on history. Nuruddin Zangi, Salahuddin Ayyubi, (The biographer of the Sultan and his close confidant Qadi Ibn Shaddad writes: "The Sultan had left only 47 dirhams As his inheritance!
Ili kutekeleza malengo yao yaliyofichikana, katika mazingira hayo magumu, kwa njama zilizopangwa na wakoloni wa kiingereza ambapo Mirza alichaguliwa kwa kazi ya kuleta mgawanyiko miongoni mwa Waislamu na kudhohofisha Imani ya Kiislamu katika nyoyo zao ili wasipigane dhidi ya ukoloni wa kibeberu, Mirza Ghulam Ahmadi akaingizwa katika jamii ya Kiislamu kama mtumishi wa Uislamu. Alifika Lahori mnamo mwaka 1869 na kwa kisingizio cha kuutumikia Uislamu, akaanza kuwachagiza Wameshanari wa Kikristo na viongozi wa Arya Samaji ya Wahindu wafanye nae midahalo ya Kidini. Lengo la kazi hiyo halikuwa kuutumikia Uislamu bali kujipatiya umaarufu miongoni mwa Wananchi Waislamu wa India na alifanikiwa sana kwa hilo.