A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 44
44 the anticipation that he would be left in peace for some days to worship his Lord. In these days he illustrated by his manner of living how a man could serve both his parents and his Maker, and that in order to please the latter it was not necessary to disregard the former. He was about 40 when his father died and this was the day when he received revelation for the first time and the Lord of Heaven and Earth spoke unto him, saying, Behold, thy father shall depart at sunset. Learning this he felt a momentary anxiety as to his future, inasmuch as the greater portion of the income of the family consisted of a personal pension enjoyed by his father which was to cease with his life. The Lord then spoke unto him again saying, “Is not Allah sufficient for His servant?” From that moment his condition became quite changed and every hour it was altered and the Glory of God shone brighter and brighter every day, and lo! if the secrets of heaven and earth were disclosed to him, and he was told many things that were yet in the womb of the future, and those who heard him were filled with wonder and exclaimed “Strange are the ways of the Lord. ” His goodness and righteousness were so patent that even those who were opposed to him acknowledged them, and whoever had a dispute concerning any property with any member of his family, was always willing to leave the decision of it to his arbitrament. When people found that he was anxious that every one should get his due, they marvelled how God manifested Himself in him.