Khalifatul-Masih IV — Page 56
hazrat rta 56 Zia-ur-Rahman narrates: Huzoor rta used to be in-charge of Langar Khana Number 3. On one occasion all the staff had just finished eating when Miya n sahib arrived and asked, ‘Have you all eaten?’ I replied that we had. He asked, ‘Why did you not keep any for me?’ I said, ‘Miya n sahib, we will bring some more. ’ Huzoor rta replied that there was nothing here. His gaze fell in front of him on some pieces of leftover chapatti that had freshly been made and which we had not eaten. He remarked that there were some chapattis before him and he began to eat those pieces. We felt incredibly embarrassed as to how we had discarded the edges of the chapattis and had been unthankful towards this blessing [of food]. In this way Huzoor rta taught us such a lesson that we would never forget. 16 Ataul Mujeeb Rashid, Imam of the Fazl Mosque, London, writes: Huzoor’s nature was very simple and free of pretence. His