The Devotion of Life — Page 543
543 Mohammad Azizuddin. He was the only son and was born as a result of the acceptance of the prayer of the Promised Messiah as before he proclaimed to be the Promised Messiah as. My father bequeathed that house to Sadar Anjuman Ahmadiyya, Qadian, as a payment of dues of his Wasiyyat account. My grandfather received from someone a few pages of the book ‘Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya’ by the Promised Messiah as. He was so impressed by the study of those pages that he went to see the Promised Messiah as in Qadian and waited at the door of his house for an audience. When Huzur as came out of the house and saw my grandfather waiting, he asked him the purpose of his visit. My grandfather quoted a verse from ‘Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya’ and explained the purpose of his visit that, “the pure fresh water that the Companions had imbibed from the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), you (the Promised Messiah as ) are today distributing as his humble servant. ” My grandfather said humbly that he had come to sip that very ‘pure water’. The Promised Messiah as smiled, went inside and brought a cup of tea and presented it to my grandfather. My grandfather drank that cup with great enthusiasm and forever remained impressed by the miraculous benefits of that cup. Taking advantage of the occasion, my grandfather explained with great pathos to the Promised Messiah as that Allah had granted him six daughters but he had no male child. He requested Huzur as to pray that Allah the Almighty may grant him a righteous son. Huzur prayed for him and as a result, my father was born on 22 June 1888. My grandfather has mentioned this