Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 54
54 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad an ardour that behoves their rank and status, and they are exemplary in their loy- alty and devotion. From the day that I decided to send a delegation to Nasibain, everyone has wished to be chosen for this service and has envied those who have been selected for this purpose. It is their desire that if they were sent instead, this would be their good fortune. Many of our friends presented themselves to em- bark on this trip. However, before having received these requests, I had already chosen Mirza Khuda Bakhsh Sahib for this mission and had decided that Maulvi Qutb-ud-Din and Miyan Jamal-ud-Din would accompany him. Therefore, I was compelled to turn down these other requests. Nonetheless, I am certain that those who presented themselves for this service with full sincerity and loyalty will not be deprived by Allah the Exalted of their reward, and they will receive their recompense in accordance with their sincerity. The Greatness of Travelling for the Sake of God Almighty It is not an easy task to journey to far-off countries and foreign lands. Although it is true that travel has become more convenient in this day and age, but who can know for certain whether they will return from the journey alive. It is not easy to leave behind small children, wives, other relatives and dear ones. These people are open-heartedly leaving behind their businesses and affairs unattended and in a state of danger to undertake this journey, which I believe is worthy of immense spiritual reward. Firstly, they will be worthy of a reward from God because they are setting out on this journey purely to manifest the greatness and Unity of God Almighty; secondly, they will receive a reward on account of the hardships and difficulties that they will have to bear during the course of this trip. Allah the Exalted does not waste a good deed performed by anyone: 1 ٗ يَّـرَه فَمَنْ يَّـعْمَلْ مِثْـقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا Then whoso does an atom’s weight of good will see it. Now when he does not allow for even an ounce of goodness performed by any- one to go in vain, can the spiritual reward of such an important journey, which almost resembles a migration, go without recompense from God? Of course not. Devotion and loyalty, however, are necessary. One must shun ostentation and the desire for fame and self-renown. I believe that one cannot bear the trials and 1 az-Zilzal, 99:8