Fazl-e-Umar — Page 84
Fazle Umar 84 Reading this incident along with his comments one is left in no doubt about Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib’s deep and strong belief in the truth of his father. His deep love for the Promised Messiah [as] and his magnificence were indelibly etched onto his heart. One is hard pressed to find its equal. Although children naturally love their parents and some children are aware of their parents’ magnificence but for such powerful feelings of extreme love, glorification and magnificence to be portrayed all at once is not an everyday occurrence in human experience. G R E AT P AS SIO n F OR P R A y E R & wOR SH I P The outcome of this faith and love was that he too started to walk in those footsteps with full sincerity, which the Promised Messiah [as] deemed as a prerequisite for the victory of Islam. He dedicated all his strength and vigour from his childhood to this cause. Compared with secular knowledge, he had a distinct inclination towards the attainment of religious knowledge that was born out of this belief. However, as far as the Promised Messiah’s [as] personal involvement is concerned, he was unable to give time to any of his children because of his very busy schedule. The second deep effect of this faith became apparent in his worship where right from a young age he developed great fervour for prayer and worship. From childhood he was in the habit of waking in the middle of the night for prayers. It is clear from many accounts that apart from the five daily prayers, he also took upon himself Tahajjud prayers (voluntary prayers before Fajr). His prayers were not for show, offered like an empty ritual but were offered with fear and humility, bearing a depth of feeling and intensity. For a child or youth to shed tears in prayers and fall prostrate for a long time is a cause of amazement for adults, especially at a time when the child has not suffered any misfortune or injury and there is no reason for discontentment. This amazement increases and questions are raised. What has come over this child that he gets up