Hazrat Amman Jan - An Inspiration for Us All — Page 70
70 displayed in our personal conduct as it is a contract by which we " sell" ourselves to Allah Al mighty, his Prophets and Khulafa’. Her actions illustrated how she upheld this contract to the best of her ability. Hadrat Musleh Mau ’ ud ra has mentioned how his mother sacrificed all her personal desires, so that he too felt that she was always a bestower of personal favours upon him. He was deeply grieved upon her death because he felt that he had always been the recipient of her favours and had not had the opportunity to return the favours of his mother. For example, he mentioned that when he h ad made an appeal for contributions for the Al - Fazl newspaper, Hadrat Amman Jan ra sold some of her land for this cause and gave nearly 1 , 000 rupees for it. In fact, Hadrat Amman Jan ra gave generously to each and every appeal; these included mission houses, the " Langar Khanah " (community kitchen), Lajna projects, the London and Berlin Mosques and Tahrik - e - Jadid. She would endeavour to fulfil these promises immediately, commenting that one cannot place any reliance on life and so should pay “debts” immediately. It was perhaps in tribute to Hadrat Amman Jan ’ s ra extensive financial sacrifices that the first mosque to be built in Scandinavia in Copenhagen, Denmark, was named the “ Nusrat Jahan Mosque ”. The mosque was inaugurated by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III ru in 1967. This mosque was purely funded by contributions from the Lajna Imaillah (Ahmadi Ladies ’ Organisation), after an appeal was made from Hadrat Sayyedah Maryam Siddiqah Begum, ( Hadrat Choti Appa ). She was no t only the daughter - in - law of Hadrat Amman Jan ra , but also the President of the Lajna Imaillah at the time. It was the third mosque in Europe to be financed by the ladies, partly inspired by the exemplary financial contributions