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! ! 382 children. In my own experience, I have seen many men , who have raised their children well. For example, one man’s wife died, leaving one girl and on e boy. The man did not re - marry and instead raised his children himself. The same is true in the case of a friend from Qadian, Pir Ifthikhar Ahmad ra , who was Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih I ’s ra brother - in - law and the son of Munshi Ahmad Jaan ra. God Almighty had blessed Munshi Ahmad Jaan ra with so much wisdom that even before the Promised Messiah as proclaimed to be the M essiah , he wrote to him: ہ ﻢ ﻣ ﺮ ﯾ ﻀ ﻮ ں ک ی ہ ے ﺗ ﻤ ہ ﻲ پ ہ ﻧ ﻈ ﺮ ﺗ ﻢ ﻣ ﺴ ﯿ ﺤ ﺎ ﺑ ﻨ ﻮ ﺧ ﺪ ا ک ے ﻟ ﯿ ے. ﺗ ﻢ ﻣ ﺴ ﯿ ﺤ ﺎ ﺑ ﻨ ﻮ ﺧ ﺪ ا ک ے ﻟ ﯿ ے “We who are ill look towards you. M ay you become the M essiah for the sake of God, may you become the Messiah for the sake of God. ” Munshi Sahib was a very devout and pious man. His son , Pir Ifthikhar Ahmad was very good at raising children. The late Maul v i Abdul Karim ra was a great member of the Ahmadiyya Jama'at. He was very close to the Promised Messiah as and held the community’s honor in great regard. In those days, there was no concept of formality or luxury. Pir Sahib ra lived in a small room in the Promised Messiah ’s as house. Maul v i Abdul Karim ra who lived in a room ab ove Pir Sahib ’ s room, would grow very upset upon hearing the cries of Pir Sahib’s ra children. He would often ask Pir Sahib ra , “ What kind of a father are you ? Why do you not quiet your children? I grow very anxious when I hear them cry. ” Due to the earthquake in 1905, the Promised Messiah as went to stay in a friend’s orchards. It happened that Maul v i Abdul Karim ra and Pir Ahmad ’s ra tents were adjacent to each other. One day , Maul v i Sahib ra said to Pir Sahib ra , “ Pir Sahib! When your children cry, you hug one gently to your shoulder while speak ing gently to the other one. If it were m e, I would not be able to do so. Rather, I grow quite anxious upon seeing this. ” Pir Sahib smiled and replied, “ What I do not understand is that I am the one holding the children and you are the one growing anxious. ” Thus, there are certainly men who are patient. H owever, generally speaking, if men are compelled to take care of their c hildren , they grow anxious after only a short time.