The Devotion of Life — Page 175
175 blessings of Allah be upon him). But you are amongst those fortunate people whose parents and ancestors were able to accept the Promised Messiah as and then they progressed in faith to the extent that they, at the beck and call of the Khalifa, offered their children in the cause of Allah. Following the footsteps of Hadrat Ibrahim as they prayed to Allah the Exalted for pious progeny so that they were able to offer them to Allah. Many mothers supplicated, “O Lord! Whatever is in my womb and whoever is to be born of me, I offer it to you. ” It is only so because they have a genuine connection with the Promised Messiah as. That created in them the desire to offer their children for ‘Waqf-e-Nau. ’ A large number of letters that come regarding devotion of children to ‘Waqf-e-Nau’ are mostly from Ahmadi mothers. It is a blessing of Allah that in this age when mothers want children to fulfil worldly desires, they dedicate them for the sake of faith. So you are fortunate that God Almighty blessed you with such parents who were content to offer their children for the cause of Allah and for the sake of the faith. So as you thank Allah the Exalted, you should also pray for your parents that, ‘O Lord, have Mercy upon them, for the way they raised me up and I, despite the effulgence of this world and living in this society where there is filth all around, have reached adolescence due to the training and prayers of my parents; O Allah, I am entering this Institution for acquiring the education of faith. ’