Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 170
152 A wonderful incidence of Divine Support In August 1983, on the request of imam Alieu Bayo the Basse jama’at organised a Tabligh programme in his village Dampha Kunda. Such meetings were held at night those days as most of the people were busy with their farming. Therefore, the meetings started after isha and continued till late in the night. We reached the village in the form of a small delegation including Dr Naseer- ud-Din, in-charge of Ahmadiyya Medical Centre, Basse, Omar Sonko and some other members. We started the jalsa in an open place in the neighbourhood of Alieu Bayo Speeches were delivered on various topics followed by an interesting session of questions and answers. However, a young man from the same village, who had probably settled in Germany tried to disrupt the meeting in a vulgar manner using extremely uncivilised and indecent language that dissipated the atmosphere. Some gentlemen from the village intervened to put an end to it and suggested that, as it was getting quite late, we should bring the meeting to a close. The situation caused us a lot of distress. We called for the closing prayer. The people requested us to pray for rain as it had not rained for many days and the farmers were very worried. We started our supplications collectively; those present also joined in. That young man and his companions left angrily. After the prayers we set off for Basse. Allah the Almighty manifested His Omnipotence, he heard the entreaties of our distressed hearts. We were still short of our destination, when it rained so heavily that our homeward journey became difficult. Thus we saw the fulfilment of Divine promise ـی عـ ی ـاد عبـ ـالک اذاسـ قریــب فــاین with our own eyes. The sudden appearance of clouds of Divine Mercy enhanced our faith and the villagers also