Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 30
30 with what has been bestowed upon His Holiness, the Imam of the Age, on whom be peace. In that moment, my tongue and my heart spoke in unison and accepted that even if the sublime arguments numbering in the thousands, which prove that the Promised Messiah as was from Allah, and which shine more radiantly than the sun, had ceased to exist, this sole quality of possess- ing extraordinary righteousness and fear of Allah was sufficient to establish his truth. A Gentle Man of Modesty Many trained and disciplined ascetics, many religious devotees whose tongues are forever engaged in repeat- ing couplets that profess aversion from the world and all its bounties, and express a burning passion, many who claim to have large followings, and many tradi- tional scholars have been observed. Beyond their pri- vate quarters when they are in the presence of people, they sit like gentle cats. After some time, they will raise their heads, take a deep breath and then let out a sober sigh. Even though their admirers eagerly yearn to hear them speak, they do not pollute their ‘saintly’ tongues with speech, even if the occasion calls for it. Yet all the while, in their own home, they are ill-tempered wolves and leopards. There is a famous and renowned ascetic in India who has more than 100,000 followers. He claims to possess