Seerat-i-Tayyiba — Page 52
52 It is not possible, however, to give a picture of the high morals excellences of Hazrat Amma Jaan, of her righteousness and her great virtues in a few words. What I shall say here has a necessity to be of the nature of a few brief hints only as an example. The foremost thing in her character was the overriding importance she attached to the five Institutional Prayers, and to nawafil (the non-obligatory Prayers). She was most particular about the punctual observance of these prayers, in addition to which she rose regularly for Tahajjud (i. e. , the midnight prayer), and she was also very regular in the Zuhar (i. e. , the forenoon) Prayer. She offered these Prayers with such joy and ecstasy that those around her also were considerably touched with that inner happiness. In fact, over and above these obligatory and nawafil Prayers, she often sought strength and peace of mind in engaging herself in Prayer at other hours of the day and night. I can say with the fullest confidence and knowledge that this frame of mind, and this temperament, which felt such joy in Prayer she seemed to have inherited from her master, the Holy Prophet Muhammad who said: “The coolness of my eyes lights in Prayer” 3 In prayer in the general sense too, as apart from the obligatory and nawafil Prayers, she distinctly excelled. These prayers were for her children and other relations, and for all the members of the Ahmadiyya Movement in general, of all whom she looked upon as her own children. These prayers, and those for the progress and glory of Islam, she offered with the greatest depth of emotion. As an instance of her prayers for her children may be cited some lines of a poem written by the Promised Messiah to interpret her feelings on the point, in the capacity of a spokesman on her behalf. Addressing God, he says: “No one is lost Who really seeks Thee, Nor is he ever disgraced. Whosoever surrenders himself In the fullest obedience To Thy commands. Angels from heaven