The Devotion of Life — Page 114
114 “What is our effort? In reality, we feel ashamed when we look at the efforts of the Companions and how contentedly they gave their lives for the sake of Allah the Almighty. ” (Malfoozat; vol. 5, p. 223) Companions of the Promised Messiah as and Waqfe Zindagi Albeit the Waqfe Zindagi organisation did not exist in its present form at the time of the Promised Messiah as , in practice all the Companions were ‘Waqfeen-e-Zindagi’. They had left their homes and their dear ones and had settled down in Qadian. They worked a short time to earn enough for their living and spent the rest of their time in serving the faith. In accordance with the teachings of the Promised Messiah as they always gave preference to their faith over worldly engagements. As Huzur as said: “In everything, give preference to your faith. One should not seek the world, but the real purpose should be one’s faith. Then all your earthly endeavours will acquire the colour of faith. ” (Malfoozat, vol 1, p. 410) The Exemplary Waqf of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra Among that group of faithful Companions, there were those who surpassed others in sacrifice and devotion. The one who surpassed all was the illustrious Hadrat Hakeem Nooruddin ra of Bhera who succeeded the Promised