Hazrat Amman Jan - An Inspiration for Us All

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29 found the jewellery. At this point , she raised her voice so that the Promised Messiah as could hear her in the other room and laughed ’ "You did a good check of the safe box! Your search has caused us both worry. " In response to this good news, the Promised Messiah as also reacted by laughing. How many of us who are wives can honestly say we would respond with such goodwill and without reproach to our husbands in such a case? Hadrat Amman Jan's ra exemp lary behaviour towards her in - laws, particularly the Promised Messiah's as first wife, was astonishingly kind as we shall read later. Evidently , the Promised Messiah as and Hadrat Amman Jan ra were indeed " two chests beating with one heart", as the Promised M essiah ’ s as care and consideration of Hadrat Amman Jan ’ s family was equally considerate and deferential. This consideration is beautifully illustrated by a small incident concerning Hadrat Amman Jan's ra father, Hadrat Mir Nasir Nawwab. On one occasion , a relative of Hadrat Mir Nasir Nawwab was staying in Qadian. As the weather was intensely cold , Hadrat Mir Nasir Nawwab sent him a coat to wear through a servant. Because the coat was not new , the relative was offended by what had been an act of kindness. He asked the servant to return the coat to Hadrat Mir Nasir Nawwab. On his return , the servant was seen by the Promised Messiah as , who enquired what his errand was with the coat. The servant explained he was returning Hadrat Mir Nasir Naww ab 's coat. The Promised Messiah as at once realised that Hadrat Mir Nasir Nawwab Sahib would be hurt by his relative ’ s rejection of his coat, and so he took the coat himself. He told the servant to inform Hadrat Mir Nasir Nawwab Sahib that he had