The Devotion of Life — Page 463
463 takes pride in laying down their lives and suffering hunger and thirst, for the cause of Allah the Exalted. The love of the world has chilled in their hearts. ” (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol 11) Those were the encouraging and powerful words which kept this beautiful bouquet of 313 flowers cheerful and contented in the face of thousands of bloody swords and frightful storms of dangers and hardships. During those testing times when death loomed over their heads all the time in Qadian and they had absolutely nothing besides helplessness and fervent prayers, they were replete with the love of their beloved (Hadrat Musleh Maud) ra and desired abundantly to attain the Pleasure of Allah, and remained solid in their resolution, being totally carefree of their worldly wellbeing, their family or their own future. Wearing a paupers’ clothing, they were living with the determination of royal grandeur and taught the rest of the world the lessons of obedience, sacrifice and perseverance. Now a large part of them have passed away and presented themselves before their Creator, however, their admirable and exemplary conduct has become everlasting. I append in the following Chapter some events to give an idea how, by retreating from the world and all therein and waiting for a spiritual dawn, the ‘Darweshan’ endured this very tough, testing and hard time, and how for such a long time they were able to live for the sake of attaining Allah’s pleasure and continue to make offerings of their sentiments. * * * *