Bright Lights of the Ahmadiyya Movement — Page 45
BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE AHMAOIYYA MO VE MENT 45 and tracts such as Way of the Seek ers an d Invi tation to Ahmadiyyat. Whenever he was worried about something he would walk up and down reading the Holy Quran. He kept up this habit of walking right up to the time of his death. To his followers he was a loving father who gave help, encourgement, and advice, but there were people who did not like what he taught. One day a young man came to worship service and stood just behind Hazoor. Right after the Prayer, as Hazoor was leaving, the man suddenly got up and forcefully stabbed him in the neck with a long knife. It was a bad wound and there was heavy bleeding from it. Members of the congregation seized the crazed attacker and were about to hurt him when Hazoor firmly and cooly ordered them not to harm him in any way but to hold him securely for the police. The man was arrested and given a long prison term. Sahibzadi Amtul Qayyum said that her father sent for her and her brother (who was later elected Khalifatul Masih III) to console them and calm them. Though he was in pain and suffering, he took the time to express deep fatherly concern for them. He gave them a serious talk, an inheritance that they would never forget. He told them, "Always be kind to the poor. Never break anyone's heart. Allah expects something from you because you are of the family of the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him). Your responsibility is more than that of other peopl e. If you are good, Allah will give you good. Thi nk deeply to continue t he blessings of Allah. Str ive hard for it. " He never fully recovered from the attack but he continued to work. Near t he end of the year 1965, he became weaker but he tried to keep up with his respon- sibilities. He might forget small, day to day happenings, but not the important knowledge which he had spent his life acquiring. Hazrat Mahmud Ahmad had truly fu lfilled God's prophecy that he was t he Promised Son. The end came on November 8, 1965. People around t he world were very sad. They knew a very