The Devotion of Life — Page 526
526 arrived in the prison. I looked thin and emaciated, as if I had just recovered from a protracted illness. As I do even now, I would spend the greater part of many nights praying for my freedom; God Almighty had told me again and again not to worry as my day of freedom was near, actually extremely close. Then everything happened so suddenly. One day, early in the morning, before sunrise, the door to my room opened and the warden came in. Holding a paper in his hand, he called my name and announced that an order for my release had been issued. With this announcement he gave me 50 rubles and told me to buy necessities for myself. Smiling all the while, he obtained my signatures on the paper and then left the room. It was an Eid day for me. Ahmadiyyat is not just the name of a doctrine. More importantly, it is a name embodying the personal pledge between God and a servant, ‘If you become Mine, the whole world will become yours. ’ ” (Maulvi Zahoor Hussain, Mujahid-e-Awwal Russia and Bukhara, pp 111-114) * * * * * *