Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 25
25 Hazrat Maulvi Abdul-Karim removed from the breasts of man which causes enmity, malice and every kind of discord. Therefore, it can be concluded in relation to any individual who is pure of these ill characteristics now, that they are living in a paradise on this very earth. Moreover, since this faculty may be likened to a fountainhead, it can be deduced just how excellent the other moral qualities of such a man truly are. An Affectionate Husband The women attendants working in the home of the Promised Messiah as , who are ordinary, uneducated women, of simple and straightforward nature, free from affectation and having no false pretensions about their own learning or depth of reasoning, are able to sense the aforementioned quality most vividly in His Holiness as. They look at the Promised Messiah as in wonder, and upon witnessing the world around them and the com- mon practice and treatment of others in their respec- tive spheres, often say with an air of surprise—of which I am a witness—that: “Mirza Sahib does often the will of his wife. ” On one occasion, I heard His Holiness as say himself: “With the exception of indecency, you ought to bear with patience all the other improprieties and discourteous behaviour of your wives. ” He also once said: “I find it utterly shameful for a man to be in a state of conflict with a woman. God has made us men, and in