Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 34
34 Persian were written in these sorts of circumstances. On one occasion, I asked the Promised Messiah as : “In such noise does His Holiness not feel the least dis- turbed in writing or thinking?” He smiled and said: “I do not hear them, why and what sort of disturbance could this cause me?” Faith in the Support of God On one occasion, when Miyan Mahmud was some four years of age, His Holiness as was sitting inside writing as usual. Miyan Mahmud came with a matchbox accom- panied by a group of children. Initially, for some time the children played and argued with one another as children do, then Miyan Mahmud did as he pleased and set fire to the written manuscripts in the room. This amused him and he began to clap in joy; all the while His Holiness as was engrossed in writing and did not even raise his head to see what was being done. Before anything could be done, as the fire subsided, these valu- able manuscripts were reduced to a heap of ash. Some other form of amusement then drew in the children and they went on their way. It was later on when His Holiness as felt the need to consult his previously writ- ten pages for context, that the matter became appar- ent. The Promised Messiah as asked one child but he was silent, then he asked another who also had no words out of fear. Finally, one child spoke and said: “Miyan