The Devotion of Life — Page 466
466 Faith Inspiring Incidents of the Devotees In the last part of this book certain incidents of those devotees are described who willingly and happily offered their lives to God Almighty, and remained steadfast in their devotion and continued to fulfil the pledges they had made till their last breaths. Consequently, not only have they received innumerable blessings of Allah the Exalted, but their future generations also have gathered these blessings and are still continuing to do so. As stated earlier, the foremost devotees are the blessed Prophets of Allah, then their Khalifas, or vicegerents. Many faith-inspiring incidents about them are mentioned in the Holy Qur’an and in the history of Islam. However, here as an example, just a few incidents out of the thousands, rather millions, concerning certain followers of the Promised Messiah as are mentioned. Hadrat Bhai Abdur Rahman Sahib Qadiani ra Hadrat Bhai Abdur Rahman Sahib Qadiani ra was like a beautiful garden of flowers. He was a Companion of the Promised Messiah as. To be a Companion of the Prophet of the age is a great privilege in itself which is always remembered and looked up to with honour and splendour. Hadrat Bhai Abdur Rahman Sahib Qadiani ra had the additional privilege of spending a long period of time with the Promised Messiah as. He acquired countless blessings by being in Huzoor as 's company during his travels and sojourn. He illuminated his body and soul by the luminosity of this blessed companionship which remained until his last