Life of Ahmad — Page 42
42 CHAPTER 5 EARLY LIFE Mirza Ghulam Murtaza was anxious to acquaint his son, Ahmad as , with the affairs of his estate and wanted him to deovte himself to the restoration of the lost worldly glory of the family. Ahmad as had no such interest and his leanings were all in the opposite direction: 'not to become the richest in means, but in spirit; not the greatest in worldly position, but in true honour; not the most intellectual, but the most virtuous; not the most powerful and influential, but the most truthful, upright, and honest. ' Yet he thought it his duty to carry out his father’s wishes. Men inspired by high principles are often required to sacrifice all that they esteem and love rather than fail in their duty. None recognised more cheerfully than Ahmad as the duty of obedience and willing service. Hence, much against his own nature, he occupied himself for a considerable time in pushing on the legal proceedings that his father had started in the courts for the regaining of the ancestral estate. In obedience to his father, he had also to attend to agricultural affairs.