The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 43
Part II—Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed’s Travel to Qadian 43 So, I left in search for him and found him. He told me that he was no longer able to come because a government official had hired him instead. So I asked him to return our one rupee that we had paid in advance but he refused. During the course of the conversa- tion, the government official who had rented the buggy arrived. I told the government official to either give us the buggy or have the driver return the one rupee that we had paid him in advance. He responded, “No, the governmental affair is important and I can- not give him to you. ” I then said to him, “I, too, am a government official. ” After a few more minutes of argument, he had the driver return me the rupee. Because I had spent quite a bit of time in argument, our other companions became agitated and complained to Hazrat Sahibzada ra, “Neither the buggy driver has come nor our com- panion. If he had just come back, we would have been off on our way. We will not get our advance back nor will we get the buggy. ” To this, Hazrat Sahibzada ra responded, “I have sent such a per- son that either he will bring the buggy driver or he will get us our rupee back. He is the kind of person that even if you stood him in front of a mountain he would tear through it and emerge on the other side. ” Just as he was saying this to the companions, I arrived and so he said, “See what I said about him being an incredible individual? He has proven himself worthy of the description. ” When we were traveling to Kohat by train, Hazrat Sahibzada ra said, “My competition is with the train. The train proclaims that it is fast. I say that my reading speed is faster. ” As soon as he said this, the speed of the train started to slow down and kept slowing down. The operator tried very hard and time was short as well, but the train eventually came to a complete stop. Everyone got off