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The Spiritual Revolution 217 some time had elapsed, it was discovered that they had received this righteousness by entering into the bai‘at of the Promised Messiah as. That discovery became one of the major reasons for him to also enter into the bai‘at of the Promised Messiah as. (That is, the spiritual change in the children led the father to become Ahmad i. ) This gave him a good opportunity to recognise the purity and elevated soul of the Promised Messiah as. ( A sha b-e-Ahmad, vol. 1, p. 186, published in 1997) The model of Hadrat Chaudhry Na s rull a h Kh a n ra , father of Chaudhry Z afrull a h Kh a n ra , is presented by one of his sons as follows: From the very childhood I had the impression that my father ( Hadrat Chaudhry Na s rull a h Kh a n ra ) was very regular in offering his Prayers and he did so with great care. He was also assiduous in making tahajjud. I often envision my father either offering Prayers or reciting the Holy Qur’an. After entering into bai‘at , he used to offer the Fajr Prayer in congregation at a mosque that was at a distance from our house. So we used to leave home when it was very dark. ( A sha b-e-Ahmad, vol. 11, p. 163, published in 1962) Again, concerning the observation of prayers without fail, I give you the example of B a b u Faq i r ‘Al i ra. He always acted upon the proverb: Heart be with the friend, hand be in work. M. Bash i r Ahmad narrates that at the time when people were much intimidated by the British rulers, the British officers of B a b u Faq i r ‘A li ra used to tell him, Maulav i Sahib, one day you will cause an accident. You are always busy in offering your Prayers. He got very annoyed with these remarks. One day he