The Devotion of Life — Page 38
38 Almighty will not let us go to waste. ’ That is exactly what happened. As a result of her acceptance of certain death for the sake of God, in the desert, not only did the miracle of the sprouting of the spring Zam Zam take place but streams of spiritual life sprouted from which the whole world was satiated. The group of very faithful people of Abraham as included his son Ishmael as , who faithfully followed the footsteps of his father. That is why when his father said to him, ‘O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering thee. So consider, what ye thinkest of it?’ He replied, ‘O my father, do as thou art commanded; thou wilt find me, if Allah pleases, of those who are patient’ (37:103). This sort of people belonged to the ‘Ummah’ (People) of Hadrat Abraham as about whom God Almighty said: “Surely, the nearest of men to Abraham as are those who followed him, and this Prophet, and those who believe in him; and Allah is the Friend of believers” (3:69). How fortunate are those, who today again, due to being the followers of Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and his servant, Hadrat Mahdi as have been made the inheritors of the ‘Sacrifice of Abraham as ’. Due to belonging to the ‘Ummah’ (People) of Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), today we have great standards and examples of sacrifice and faithfulness in front of us to follow; that is the way the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) made sacrifices. There is no parallel of it before that. He used to say he belonged to the progeny of the two who sacrificed themselves for the sake of Allah (that is, Ishmael as and Abdullah ra ). The highest standard of his sacrifice is reflected from the heartfelt desire he had. He used to say, ‘I