Points to Ponder — Page 36
— 36 most visible position. There is not much to a murabbī. He just sits at home. ” Then they went to the third one and started saying, “You are our president. Ṣadr is a word used by clergy and locals. Look at the enlightened brains of the time; they appoint their best person as the president. So we make you the president. ” They went to the fourth o ne and said, “You are our chairman. ” Everyone was pleased because they were not worried about service or performance. All they desired was that whenever they had to write a letter to an official, they could write their title below it. The first one could w rite, “Murabbī of the Muslim Association,” the second one, “Chairman of the Muslim Association,” the third could write “Ṣadr, Muslim Association,” the fourth person could write, “Chairman , Muslim Association”―just to say that they were the leaders of the Muslims. Otherwise they did not perform any service. Some people have the habit of joining associations to gain such titles. It is the work of God to make leaders. Whoever God wants to make a leader, he grabs him and makes him a leader. The Promised Messiah, may peace be upon him, has written in his books that I was in seclusion and no one knew me, neither did I have the desire that someone may recognize me. He took me out of the corner of seclusion by force. I wanted to stay hidden and die hidden, but he said, I will give you fame throughout the world with admiration.