Scattered Pearls — Page 11
10 5. In regard to the earlier Mojaddids (Reformers) too, the Promised Messiah was characterised by a jealous regard and respect. Once, while in Lahore, our eldest brother, Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad, as a young boy, expressed a desire to see the Tomb of the Emperor Jehangir; whereupon by way of an admonition the Promised Messiah remarked: "Yes, Mian, go to see the tomb with pleasure, but do not stand by his grave, for he insulted one of our brothers,. Hazrat Mujaddid Alfi Thaanee. " (Riwaayaat Mian Abdul Azeez Mughal). The incident here referred to by the Promised. Messiah pertains to a period three hundred years in the past; and the actions of the Emperor against the Mujaddid of the 11th century of the Muslim Era was of a kind fairly common under these autocratic monarchies, there being other similar instances in Muslim history. But the jealous regard shown by the Promised Messiah for. Mujaddid Alfi Thaanee, and the use on his part of such an endearing expression as 'brother', go a long way to indicate the close relationship of love and high regard which the Promised Messiah felt for him; and it also serves as a brilliant example of that esteem for the righteous people in the history of Islam which Hazrat. Ahmad entertained in his heart. As the Promised Messiah himself clarified in this instance, it was not his intention to imply that no Muslim should go to see the Tomb of Jehangir. This Empror was a Muslim ruler of great awe and majesty, and we should all have a due regard for our great men. In fact our attitude towards the great men of other nations too should be one of respect. . But since in the hearts of his own children the Promised. Messiah desired to inculcate an intensely jealous frame