Bright Lights of the Ahmadiyya Movement — Page 26
26 BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE AHMAD IYYA MO VEMENT was Syed. a Nusrat Jehan, may Allah be pleased with her. It seems that when she was born her father knew that she would be a special person and begged Almighty Allah to arrange everything for her. Her family was a noble Syed family which means they were descendants of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be on him. One of her great, great grandfathers was a great saint whom Allah had told that his spiritual work had begun with the Holy Prophet and would end up with the Pro- mised Mahdi (Reformer). Hazrat Ahmad is known as the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. For this reason and because of the revelations he had received, the Promised Messiah offered himself as the one to become the husband of Hazrat Nawab's daughter. The wedding of the Promised Messiah and this noble lady was very, very simple. In fact it was so simple that the relatives made fun of it. There was no big ceremonies or exchanges of jewelry and clothing. How little did those who laughed realize that the blessings of two worlds would come from this Divine marriage! When Hazrat Nusrat Jehan first came into the Promised Messiah's house she was a complete stranger in Qadian. She was used to living in a large city with great sights and happenings but now her home was a small village. The language was different, the customs were different and her parents were far away. The family hardly even greeted her at all. But, children, by the Grace of God, by the end of her great and pious life, she was the 'Mother of the Faithful' and not only loved by all those in Qadian, but by all who came to the Annual Gathering (Jalsa Salana). Her new home became a thousand times dearer to her than Delhi had been. The loving and respectful t itle by which she was called was Amman Jan. Amman Jan was one of the greatest supporters of the Promised Messiah, and