Scattered Pearls — Page 2
DURR-I-MANTHUR or. SOME SCATTERED PEARLS. In the annual gathering of last year, held in January 1960, instead of December 1959, I had an opportunity to read a Paper on some aspects of the Life and Personality of the Promised Messiah, peace and blessings of God be upon him. This Paper, printed since under the title of Seerati-Tayyibah, dealt with three aspects of his Seerat: (a) his love for and devotion to God; (b) his love for and devotion to the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing of. God be on him%3B (c) and his sympathy and compassion for mankind. And these are the three basic qualities which constitute the real soul and essence of the Deen (Faith) and the Religion of every true Muslim, and which deserve to be called the peak of his moral attainment. . This year the organisers of the programme of our annual gathering have again invited me to address our brothers on the same subject. Unfortunately, the last half of this year has been a period of prolonged anxiety for me, on account of the illness of Ummi Muzaffar, my wife, entailing my absence from Rabwah for many months, for I had to be in Lahore in connection with her treatment. In addition, there have been some other worries too, which have weighed upon my mind. But inspite of all these distracting factors, I took this invitation from the Nazir Islah-o-Irshad as an honour and a blessing for myself, and I now present myself before friends to speak on this subject. . As I mentioned just now, my address last year dealt with three specific aspects of the Life and Personality of