Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 90
72 Message of Ahmadiyyat in Koumpantoo area When I was staying in Farafenni, the Gambia, and a stranger visited me one day. He told me that his name was Jibril Jallow and that he had come from Koumpantoo in Senegal, which is a long way away from Farafenni; it takes a full day’s journey by train from there to Farafenni. He was a Fulani and could speak Arabic to some extent. I enquired the purpose of his visit. He told me that he had heard of Ahmadiyyat from a person who advised him to see me in Farafenni for further information. That was why he undertook such long and arduous journey. I was astonished; he had done all that in the way of Allah on his own expenses. The young man stayed with me for a few days and we continued to discuss (about Ahmadiyyat). By the Grace of Allah, he was fully satisfied and he performed bai’at with full conviction. Thereafter, he started preaching in his region. By the Grace of Allah, several jama’ats have now been established in that area. The credit of conveying of the message of Ahmadiyyat in that area goes to Jibril Jallow, his own village is about twenty miles from Koumpantoo in the thick of jungle with no proper track to get there. The people travelled on carts; I have been there several times. Just imagine how a soul arrived in Farafenni from a far flung area of another country, from a village score of miles away from towns all for the sake of Ahmadiyyat, returned to his area and engaged in spreading the message of Ahmadiyyat all around, day and night! Was that man’s doing? Nay, never. This was all Allah’s Will and His doing.