Ahmadiyyat Destiny and Progress — Page 36
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 36 struggle to guard the honour of the Holy Prophet sa and establish his faith in the world. Those who saw them that day mocked and ridiculed at what they sought to achieve. Again, I cannot recall whether they sat on one rug or two, but they filled an area about the size of this stage. I do not know why, but this rug was moved three times. First from its original place to a second location and then it was moved again somewhere further away. My childhood memories are unclear so I cannot say whether the participants of the jalsa were forced to move on account of the objections of onlookers who said they had no right to lay a rug there or for another reason. Whatever the circumstances, they changed their location several times. It is said when Joseph as was sold into slavery in Egypt an elderly woman tried to purchase him for the price of two balls of cotton. Worldly people listen to this and laugh, while spiritual people are moved to tears. The emotional core of the story resonates in their hearts; when an individual truly values something, they no longer care for what the world might think. In my view Joseph as was at that time [considered an ordinary] man whose sublime qualities were hidden from view. That is why his brothers traded him for such a paltry sum. Under these circumstances, it is not fanciful for the old woman to have believed she could buy him in exchange