Haridas Thakura was a Muslim by birth but instead of embracing his religion, instead he was very attached to praying with the Hindus and saying their prayers. This upset the Muslims terribly. Finally after all their tricks to prove that Haridas was not a saint, failed, they had soldiers bring him in front of the Muslim magistrate. He told him if he renounced the names of the Hindu God and returned to Allah, that he would be set free. If not, he would be condemned to death.
Haridas refused to give up his Hindu prayers and was thus condemned to death by whipping. After the 21st beating he was still alive. Terror ran through his executioners because they would be accused of taking it easy on Haridas and be put to death, themselves. Taking pitty on them, Haridas went into a trance and was thought to be finally dead. His body was then thrown into a river where miles away he climbed out. Anyhow, the thing about this story is that years later (about 500 years ago) a great personality was upon the earth and Haridas was his dear friend. Many say that this person was none other than God. One day when everyone was talking about the beating that Haridas received, this divine person said that actually it wasn't Haridas that was beat. He then stood up and turned around, exposing a divine vision of his shredded back. Many of his followers fainted.
