The Devotion of Life — Page 450
450 Hadrat Sahibzada Mirza Bashir Ahmad M. A ra ‘Qamar-ul-Anbiya’ (Moon of the Prophets) He was born in 1893 in Qadian. He was divinely referred to as the ‘Moon of the Prophets’ ( Qamar-ul-Anbiya ). He was a writer and author of the highest calibre. His writings include Seerat Khataman Nabiyyin , Seeratul Mahdi , Silsila Ahmadiyya , Tabligh-e-Hidayat and Hamara Khuda. He was a talented administrator and was a life-long companion and friend to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra. He dedicated his life in the service of the Jama’at and had love and sympathy for all members of the Jama’at. After his demise on September 2, 1963, Hadrat Nawab Mubaraka Begum ra expressed her feelings of affection thus: “This beloved brother of mine, my mother’s ‘Bushra’ (Hadrat Amma Jaan lovingly used to call him Bushra) had a very successful life, performed great service for the faith and truly was his elder brother’s strength. He was a beacon unto the Jama’at, was a comfort to all and departed after displaying his full grandeur. His life was as effective and blessed as would have been desired by the Promised Messiah as and ended on a blessed note. He was righteous, amiable and humble, sensitive and respectful of others’ sensitivities, inebriated with the love of God and His Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and sympathetic to the poor. He was a bouquet of righteous qualities. ” (Al Fazl 11 th September 1963)