Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 51
51 Hazrat Maulvi Abdul-Karim said: “Very well, I will eat in the evening then. ” A Gracious Teacher I am reminded of an incident which shows the forbear- ance, manner of training, and spiritual power of the Promised Messiah as. Some two years ago, as is the cus- tom at a certain age and due to a lack of knowledge, some of the women in the house developed a taste for telling and listening to stories. Harmless, innocent tales and decent stories to cheer the heart were being told late into the night. This soon became a habit and everyone was becoming so engrossed in these stories as if they were very meaningful discussions. When His Holiness as came to know of this, he did not say any- thing directly to anyone of them. One evening he gath- ered everyone and said: “Come, today, I will tell you a story. ” Then, the Promised Messiah as spoke to them about things of truth, fear of God and gave them other invaluable lessons. It was as though previously, all the women were asleep and now they had been awakened. All of them repented and proclaimed that they had manifestly erred. After this, all those tales that they pre- viously related to one another vanished from memory as a distant dream. In such an instance, who is unaware of the action that a harsh reformer would exact, and the vain, useless steps he would take. An ill-natured, abusive man may appear to have succeeded in changing