Odyssey of Sacrifice — Page 61
! 63 the preface the professor told the Ahmadi [friend] that today he has accepted Islam once aga in. At the end of the month, when the Ahmadi friend went to give him money [for his tuition] the professor replied that would you be so kind as to send this money to your Imam so that he can spend it any which way he deems appropriate. Now, see, here is an atheist who mocks God day and night and has no interest in Islam. But he is affected in such a way that when he is presented with the tuition money he says that present this money to your Imam to be spent in any way he wants. After this, when I opened the fifth letter, it was from an Ahmadi friend who lives in Indonesia. He had written that I have learned that the money which is sent to the foreign missions has become insufficient. I have deposited 250 Pound Sterling in the London Bank under the Tehrik - e - J adid account. My wish was to deposit 600 Pound Sterling but I have immediately deposited 250 pounds for now. Then I opened the sixth letter and it was from a friend who lives outside of Pakistan. He had written that why do you suffer at the cost of your he alth? What is the purpose of our properties and our children? We are willing to sacrifice it all. Please do not worry about Pounds. We will collect as many Pounds as you desire but we will not let you suffer in any way. Hence, continuous letters started co ming in the same manner clearly showcasing that at the reception of that sermon there was a fire in all the chapters [of the community] and people are coming forward with immense pain to fulfill this shortcoming. Similarly, a letter came from a friend in P eshawar, that he was very much hurt after reading that sermon. He wrote that ‘if all Ahmadis were to try couldn’t they collect thousand or two thousand Pounds. We are fully ready for this task by the grace of Allah and we will collect this amount ourselves. Please do not worry about anything. ’ This was the mail from yesterday