Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 348
348 missionaries and started debating with them vociferously. Later, he extended his scope to the Hindus and people of other religions. Sometime later, his father asked him to return to Qadian. Seeing that his son had already been in employment, he thought that he would now be ready to accept a permanent position and again tried to persuade him to this end. However, the Promised Messiah as continued to decline. He did realize that his father was going through a lot of difficulties and, therefore, took upon him - self the task of pursuing the various court cases the family was involved in. During his attendance at the courts, the Promised Messiah’s as love for God became even more evident. One day, while he was outside the courtroom waiting for the proceedings to start, the time came for prayer. The Promised Messiah as went outside to pray even though people insisted that he should stay as the pro - ceedings might start at any time. While the Promised Messiah as was praying, the case was taken up and he was summoned but he only returned after he had finished his prayer. By rights, the case should have gone against him, but God so loved the action of the Promised Messiah as that he caused the attention of the judge to be diverted and, ignoring the absence of the Promised Messiah as , he decided in his favour. A life-long friend of the Promised Messiah as relates that one day the Promised Messiah as came to Lahore to pursue an appeal in the highest court. The case was such that if the appeal was lost, it would be a great setback for the Promised Messiah’s as father and, consequently, for himself. The friend relates that when the Promised Messiah as returned from the court, he seemed very happy, which made him think that he had won the case and, therefore, congratulated him. The Promised Messiah as said that