Some Hidden Pearls — Page 123
the very wife you have in mind. But the condition is that you should repent in the way of Zakariya. ". Munshi Ata Muhammad related: "Since. I knew nothing at all about religious matters, I asked an Ahmady of my acqaintance what was meant by 'repenting in the way of Zakariya'. He told me that this in my case would mean that I should give up my irreligious ways of life, partake only of what was lawful and duly earned, become particular about Prayer and Fasting, and to begin frequenting the mosque. . So from the bottom of my heart I repented, and began to live exactly as I had been advised. The change in me became so marked that people began to marvel about it saying that a satan had been converted. . Then, proceeds Munshi Ata Muhmmad, "four or five months had passed, when, on going home, I found my first wife in tears. . I inquired what was the matter, and she told me that formerly she had been barren, which had made me marry two more wives. . But now another misfortune had struck 123