Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 104
104 felt extreme unease. I was fearful that I had commit- ted a sin by not paying attention to the beggar and by going into my home too soon. I am thankful to Allah the Exalted that he returned in the evening. If not, God knows how perturbed I would have been. I had also prayed to Allah Almighty so that He would bring the person back to me. ” A Reflection of Muhammad sa At present I stand in a delicate situation. In this state, if I stand in the house of God and speak falsehood with the book of God in my hand in the presence of the Promised Messiah as sent by God, there would be no one more accursed than I. And so, I truthfully proclaim that in the person of this Leader, who is a chosen one of God, I observe such a living example of the character and conduct of Muhammad sa the Messenger of Allah, that I can say it is as though the Messenger of Allah himself has returned. I feel a sense of pride in stat- ing—and my friends know that this source of pride is justified—that I have been blessed with a greater oppor- tunity than others to acquaint myself with the personal life of His Holiness as , our Imam. It is this very fact that has instilled within me a firm belief in the truth of His Holiness as. In his every affair, I have witnessed the same steadfastness, towering dignity, strength, tranquillity, repose and composure which the companions of the