The Devotion of Life — Page 469
469 villages gathered with the intent to murder him. He said to them if they had really come to kill him he would like time to offer two ‘nawafil’ (optional prayers) and pray. Accordingly, he went to the nearby mosque. There he got so engrossed in prayer that he lost trace of time. Outside people thought he was scared. When after some time he came out, he saw a man riding a horse coming towards him who yelled, ‘No one should touch this man!’ He seemed to be a man of impressive personality. When people heard him, they dispersed and then by the Grace of Allah the Exalted, his life was saved. Hadrat Haji Sahib ra said that after that incident he visited those villages several times but never saw a person like him, or heard of him. He was obviously an angel whom God had sent to protect his life at that moment when there was no way left. The ‘Darweshan’ in Qadian cherished his company. His seventeen year period as a ‘Darwesh’ was a cause of hundreds of blessings for him, and for his ‘Darwesh’ companions it was like an ever blooming flower. Throughout this period, his residence was in that room which is annexed to the steps of ‘Muharah’ Mosque and is known as the Yard of Hadrat Amma Jan ra. The nocturnal and forenoon prayers and regularity in offering Salat five times a day had become his second nature. Those who saw him say that prayers and the remembrance of Allah were his full time occupation. While in Qadian, he received the news of the death of his son who was a medical doctor in Aden. When he heard the news, the first sentence that he uttered was ‘Inna Lillahi