The Devotion of Life — Page 321
321 praying for them over praying for ourselves and should continually pray with great humility and earnestness for their safety and security. Similarly, there are many other Missionaries whose sacrifices are not fully appreciated by friends in the Community. In particular, two Missionaries left for Tabligh a very short while after getting married and are still abroad. One of them has been away since nine years for Tabligh. His name is Hakeem Fazl ur Rahman, he got married and soon afterwards he was sent abroad for Tabligh. He left a young wife and now when he will return he will find a middle aged wife. This is no small sacrifice, no ordinary sacrifice. In my opinion it would take a most impudent and brazen person, not to understand the value of such sacrifices and to ignore them. Similarly, Maulvi Jalal Uddin Sahib Shams got married late and was sent for Tabligh after two or three years. One of his children has not seen the father and the father does not know what the child is like apart from if they have seen each other via photographs. He too is abroad for many years, now with the war situation his return is even more difficult. We cannot send anyone in his place and he cannot come back because travelling is perilous, so we cannot say when his return will be. Once the war is over and the state of affairs settles down, only then his return is possible and who knows how many years that could take.