Inspiring Events in the Field of Tabligh — Page 44
44 A The services rendered by © adhrat Maul ā n ā Nazeer A ™ mad ‘Al ī in West Africa are worth writing in gold. They are a golden chapter in the history of A ™ madiyyat. He relates an incident about Sierra Leone that once Sierra Leone Muslim Congress asked him to deliver an address in 1938 in one of their meetings. A prominent personality of Sierra Leone, Shaikh © aidarudd ī n presided the session. He had the titles of JP and MBE. He was a highly respectable personality of the country. After a very impressive address of Maul ā n ā Nazeer A ™ mad ‘Al ī , Shaikh Haiderudd ī n haughtily declared in his presidential address as follows: “Folks! You know that I am the biggest scholar among you. I am well-versed in religious knowledge too. To me the talk of this Indian © ā j ī and his arguments are all mere fabrications and a pack of lies. ” In his boasting he went so far that he said, “Instead of believing his pretender Messiah, I would prefer that my mind is paralyzed so that I may not even think about the talk of this Indian missionary and remain immune to this fitna. ” The wrath of God comes without a noise. In front of His sovereignty and majesty the arrogance and haughtiness of a weak human is crushed to pieces. Such was the bitter end of this arrogant and boastful opponent of Truth. He got what he had asked for. He came under the divine wrath just in a few months. He lost his mental balance and became scatter brained. It was unbearable even to look at him. He remained in this state for more than two and a half years after which he passed away, a lesson for others. [22]