Fazl-e-Umar — Page 30
Fazle Umar 30 ment the fulfilment of the prophecy made about Hadhrat Sahibzada Mirza Mahmud Ahmad sahib’s glorious future. No matter how helpful all the other factors are in shap- ing the child, if only this obstacle is present that the style of training of the mother and father are at loggerheads with each other, then this single factor leaves a deep, sore wound in the discipline of the child. This was Allah’s extraordinary favour upon Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib that his mother also possessed a high degree of virtue and nobility in the art of discipline, and her objective was the same as that of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad [as]. His mother, Hadhrat Syeda Nusrat Jehan Begum [ra_ha] , was the paternal grand- mother of Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad [rh] , the Fourth Khalifa of the Ahmadi- yya Muslim Community. He recalls that she admonished children in a very simple, touching and effective manner. She was a stranger to affectation and artificiality and portrayed sincerity and piety. Her every word was replete with loving sincerity. Apart from anger, he never witnessed even the slightest suspicion of formality in her character. Because she was so kind-hearted, she rarely lost her temper and even then it was almost non-existent. Consequently, she would push herself to become angry showing her dislike of some action. She would herself become upset at this show of anger, which had no affect upon the children and tried to console them. To get a better sense of the manner of her training and upbringing of Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad [ra] , who better to consult than her own children in this regard. Hence, an excerpt from the writings of his sister, Hadhrat Nawab Mubaraka Begum sahiba, is presented below in this connection. She states: “By showing the child that you always have full trust in him, to inculcate a sense of honour and respect for the trust of the parents was her main principle of training. Aversion to lies, a sense of honour and self-respect used to be her first lesson. She always told us that you should cultivate this habit in the children