Seerat-i-Tayyiba — Page 47
47 Like myself, O Thou the Holy One That hast brought my enemies Into deep disgrace! On a purely personal note, please allow me to add here that in spite of our weaknesses, the blessings we, the descendants of the Promised Messiah, enjoy, are all the fruits of these fervent prayers. 13 The attitude towards one’s guests also in an important part of a man’s character. In this connection I would content myself with a passing reference to only one small but significant incident. Sethee Ghulam Nabee was an Ahmadi with a noble nature and great humility of mind. He was a native of Chakwal, but had a small business in Rawalpindi. He related to me that once he came to Qadian to see the Promised Messiah. “It was winter time, and there was some drizzling rain. I reached Qadian in the evening, and after a meal I went to bed, When the night was far advanced, about 12 o’clock, someone knocked at the door when I was sleeping, and I opened the door- to find the Promised Messiah standing there, with a glass of hot milk in his hand, and a lantern in the other. I became a little nervous and agitated on seeing him standing at the door like this, but with great politeness and consideration he said to me: ‘This milk came from somewhere, and it occurred to me that I should bring it for you. Please drink it. Perhaps you are accustomed to a glass at bedtime. ” Sethee Ghulam Nabee used to say that tears od deep emotion and a kind of joy welled up in his eyes at this extraordinary sublimity of morals and the hospitality of this chosen one of God that even in serving his own humble servants he found such joy, and was prepared to put himself into hardship in order to give them comfort. ” ( Seeratul Mahdi, Part III) 14 This gentleman, however, was a guest of the Promised Messiah in Qadian. Another man told me that in his young days he sometimes used to accompany Hazrat Ahmad as an attendant on his local journeys. “Most often,” he said, “Hazrat Ahmad would make me mount his horse, and he would himself walk on foot by my side. If I insisted, he would ride for some short distance, and then get down again, and made me ride as before. On reaching the destination he usually gave me four