A Sign of Allah - Chaudhry Muhammad Zafrulla Khan — Page 31
A Sign of Allah 31 and sorrows. However, such a person himself knows the inner reality in that it was just those first two things that were difficult [to attain]. In truth, understanding the meaning of righteousness and then clutching on to it is the most difficult phase. After that, all other stages of advancement become easy. He had an astounding and extensive life so much so that when a few days ago a member of parliament came to meet me to express his condolences on the passing of Chaudhry Sahib, I said to him, you are mourning just one person when in fact he did not live his life as simply one person. Within him lived many different personalities and at once he lived out multiple lives. And with God’s Grace, he lived a long period of time fully exhibiting these multiple lives. Some perceived him only to be an apathetic politician throughout their whole lives, and they saw him as such because he had a very busy and accomplished career in politics. However, some also saw him as an extremely kindhearted and sympa - thetic person. One who did not have the strength to bear the plight of the poor with indifference. One who, despite having great fortitude, did not have the capacity to witness human suffering and walk by apathetically. In these aspects, his threshold for sensitivity for the pain of others was extremely low—as low as the ground. In religious and Islamic terminol - ogy, humility means that as far as the pains of mankind are concerned, you should lower your threshold of sensitivity so much so that you too can become a mercy for all people. All