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C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 240 religion and act on it. How did these changes come about, I shall now present some examples. Hadrat Sayyed Sarwar Sh a h ra was an excellent scholar who belonged to a well-to-do family. In spite of this, his purity, humility and simplicity were exemplary. As soon as he associ- ated with the Promised Messiah as and took on his obedience, he eradicated all worldly desires from his heart. During his employment at Madrassah Ahmadiyyah he spent the entire tenure in a small house which in fact was not even worthy of a peon to live. Once he had forsaken the entire world in submission to the cause of the Promised Messiah as , the ques- tion of material comforts simply did not arise. ( A sha b-e- Ahmad, vol. 5, part III, p. 9, published in 1964) Here is another example of humility, and it is that of Ha d rat Maulav i Burh a n-ud-D i n ra. Once he came to see H u du r and God knows what thoughts came to his mind that he started weeping. H u du r asked him most affectionately if all was well. He replied (detailing the various saints and holy men he had been to in his search): ‘I first became a Koth i (belonged to Kothay Wal a P i r), then a Baol i (associated with B a ol i Sahib), then a Ghazn i (becoming a follower of Maulav i ‘Abdull a h Ghaznav i ), and now a Mirza i. However, the pity is that I have reached his old-age, but still I feel that I am an ignoramus. ’ (This was his humility). On hearing this, H u du r was most affectionate, and consoling Maulav i Sahib, said: ‘Maulav i Sahib do not be so perturbed; you have reached your destiny. Now there is no need to worry. ’ This eventually calmed him down. ( Monthly An sa rull a h, Rabwah, September 1977, p. 14)