Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 100
82 Those days there was a building contractor named Abdul Shakoor in the area who had secured several contracts there but had little contact with the mosque. Actually, he lived somewhere else but had his business in Mianwali and he came there only for his business pursuits and then returned to his town. Some of the friends told me that he was a very rich man and if contacted he would, hopefully, donate about five thousand Rupees that would facilitate our project. We tried to contact him over a long period without success as he was mostly away in connection with his work. One day, I went to the court accompanied by a very devoted khadim (young Ahmadi) – Choudhry Munir-Rahman and there we met Abdul-Shakoor. After mutual introduction, we solicited his support for the mosque project. He promised to pay fifty Rupees. We had expected a contribution of Five thousand Rupees from him. Therefore, his response was very distressing and disappointing. The same evening, I went to Air Force Colony along with Bashir Ahmad, president of Mianwali jama’at. A very sincere Ahmadi, Malik Abdul-Shakoor, Group Captain lived there. Lo and behold! As soon as we met Malik Sahib, he said, ‘Congratulations, Murabbi Sahib, a friend of mine, Dr Abdul Shakoor of Sargodha has sent five thousand Rupees for the Mianwali mosque’. We were amazed at all that. Allah, the Almighty had decreed that we would get Five thousand Rupees and that too from an Abdul-Shakoor but not from the one we had anticipated, but a different one! Allah, the Almighty taught us the lesson that this was His own project and He would arrange for it. The five thousand Rupees we expected from the former Abdul-Shakoor,