Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 69
69 Jamā‘at , in his own absence, to Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra , by appointing him the N az ir - e - A ‘ l ā or Chief Executive of the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya. Announcing this appointment during his Friday Sermon of 11 July 1924, Ḥuḍūr said the following words about Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra : His heart is filled with the love f or the Promised Messiah as. On account of this love, he has been blessed with a special gift of spirituality. Thus, has God kept him safe from such trials that others have been prone to. And I believe, he will prove to be most beneficial for the Jamā‘at due to the blessings he has received as a result of this bond of his with the Promised Messiah as. 50 Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail ra , thus, had the rare honour of being appointed a Member of the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya by the Promised Messiah as himself, and then subsequen tly, the N az ir - e - A ‘ al ā (Chief Executive) of the same body by Ḥaḍrat Muṣliḥ - e - Mau‘ūd ( Khalīfatul - Masīḥ II). The deep love Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra bore for the Promised Messiah as , can be vividly seen in his writings and poems both. Regarding the Promised Messia h as , he says in a poem of his titled "Our Master": The sun of spirituality that shined unveiled - Th e beauty which left the fair ones humbled. It all seemed like a dream but Death was sudden. Little did we kn ow that he was set to leave.