Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 219
The Spiritual Revolution 219 Suppressing the Impulses of Passion Another condition is to suppress the impulses of passion. Here are some instances. In a meeting with Hindus a dispute erupted and the Jam a ‘at showed a great sense of restraint. Appreciating this good quality of his community, the Promised Messiah as says: If the good-natured Muslims were not mindful of their high moral standards, and had they not shown patience and suppressed their anger in accordance with the Qur’anic teachings, there would have been great bloodshed at the meeting because of the trouble instigated by the people who had come with evil intentions. Our Community deserves a thousand praises because they demonstrated an excellent example of patience and restraint. They remained silent on hearing the abusive words which were worse than the bullets of the enemy. ( Chashma-e-Ma‘rifat, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 23, p. 10) Again, he says: If I had not advised my community to show patience, and had not prepared my community in a way that they could always show patience in response to abuse, then the grounds of the meeting would have been filled with blood! But it was the teaching of patience that held their tempers in check. ( Chashma-e-Ma‘rifat, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 23, p. 8. ) Another instance of suppression of the passions is that of Hadrat Sayyed ‘Abdus Satt a r Sh a h ra. What a phenomenal example this is. It is stated: