Fazl-e-Umar — Page 28
Fazle Umar 28 Sahibzada Sahib abound in his own morality. He not only taught his beloved son to give precedence to the values that he himself gave precedence to but even taught him the etiquettes of paying due regard in morals to the status of each individual. Once the students of Ta’limul Islam school were given an assignment which was to compare and contrast the importance of knowledge and wealth. Sahibzada Sahib reflected on this a great deal but could not decide which was better. The family was sat at the dinner table along with the Promised Messiah [as]. Amongst the conversation, Sahibzada Sahib asked his younger brother, Hadhrat Sahibzada Mian Bashir Ahmad, “Bashir! Which of the two is more valuable, knowledge or wealth?” He remained silent but Huzur himself replied, “repent Mahmud! Repent! Neither knowledge nor wealth is good unless there is the Mercy of God. ” 12 It was the effect of this subtle mode of training that whatever boundless manners the Promised Messiah [as] himself possessed, the same elegance fully pervaded the character of Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib. Subsequently, the memories of those who watched him continued to remind them, especially to those who had seen the face of his holy father, of the Divine promise that “he shall reflect you both in elegance and grace”. This fact was not only recognised by friends but the eyes of the opponents also kept recognising this reality. It is another matter however, if their tongues were adulterated by bitterness when accepting this fact. Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib always recounted an incident from his childhood days with humour. His paternal aunt (Punjabi, Tā’ī ) was the widow of Mirza Ghulam Qadir sahib, the older brother of the Promised Messiah [as]. She had not accepted Ahmadi- yyat in the lifetime of Hadhrat Mirza sahib [as] or for some time after his death. Whenever she laid eyes on Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib, she would say with some bitter- ness, “ jaiho jiyā kān oho ja’ī koko. ” As Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib was not completely aware of Punjabi idiom at the time, he asked his mother what this meant. She said, ‘it