Life of The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 40
40 who worked as an assistant in Dar-uz-Ziafat, writes about this inci- dent in a letter. He mentions that in the 1907 Jalsa, some Companions slept hungry one night. Around 10:30 at night, Huzoor as received the revelation: َّ بِي ُّ اَطْعِمُوا الْجَآئِع َ وَالْمُعْتَر َّ ُّهَا الن ی َ َآ ا ی O Prophet, feed the hungry and the distressed! 38 Immediately, he got up to search for those who had gone to sleep without eating. In the morning, the Promised Messiah as came to the old stairs of Mubarak Mosque and asked for Hazrat Hakeem Noor- ud-Deen ra. When he arrived, the Promised Messiah as told him, Maulawi Sahib, last night’s revelation was caused by the miser- able plight of some friends which reached the throne of God so quickly, shaking it to the point that the command to feed them was communicated through revelation. 39 Dr. Hashmatullah ra confirms that on that night he really was very hun- gry, and the hunger was only due to being busy in Jama’at work which moved the throne of God. This incident shows God Almighty’s desire for the Promised Messiah as to honour and dignify his guests because in the future many people would eat at his table. Today, his Langar