Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 236
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 236 He had a special passion for the Holy Qur’an. Despite ill health and weakness, he was always determined to listen to the discourses of the knowledge and the verities of the Holy Qur’an, so that he could gain the knowledge and the truths. During one period, for many months during the winter he would come from D a r-ul-Fa d l neighborhood to D a r-ur- Ra h mat for the morning Salat only because Maul a n a Ghul a m Ras u l Rajek i ra gave lesson of the Holy Qur’an in that mosque. During Rama da n-ul-Mub a rak he would be assiduous in attending the lessons in Aq sa Mosque…. He would read the Holy Qur’an profusely and thoughtfully. Wherever he derived benefit from it he would share it with others. It is said that in his last years he would read the Qur’an several times a day with a notebook and pen besides him. Each time he deci- phered the finer points of a verse, he would note it and would read it to his family later on. Mirz a Sahib adds: [When he would be reading to his family,] it seemed from his facial expressions that it was his heartfelt wish that his children should passionately love the Holy Qur’an. ( A sha b-e-Ahmad, vol. 1, pp. 151–152, published in 1951) When a young Gambian Christian accepted Ahmadiyyat, his mother opposed him vigorously. At first he tolerated it but when she started insulting the Holy Qur’an he left home and did not return. ( D am i mah Monthly An sa rull a h, September 1987, p. 6) In the distant countries of Africa, such miracles are taking place to this day as well.