Fazl-e-Umar — Page 29
Fazle Umar 29 means the baby crow is just like the crow. The crow, God forbid, is your father and you are the baby crow. ’ The eyes of this foe had the good fortune to recognise this likeness as the likeness in beauty and elegance. Hence, that Tā’ī whose pride and status would not allow her to recognise the truth of her brother-in-law, accepted Ahmadiyyat at the hands of her nephew. Hatred was replaced with love, and arrogance and pride with humility to such a degree that upon this child’s arrival, she would stand in reverence despite her old age and infirmity. She would lay down cushions for him and seat him with honour. If he said, “you are weak, you are frail, do not move, do not overbear,” she would say, “you are my sage. ” 13 It would not be out of place to mention that Allah Almighty had revealed to the Promised Messiah [as] this two-worded phrase, “ Tā’ī Aai”. “Aai ” means “came” in Punjabi. For a long time the enemies of Ahmadiyyat mocked them over this revela- tion. Finally, the meanings of this revelation were opened to the world when Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib’s Tā’ī failing to accept the Promised Messiah [as] during his life- time, accepted Ahmadiyyat at the hands of his son, upon which the streets of Qadian reverberated with the phrase “ Tā’ī Aai! Tā’ī Aai !” H I S M OT H E R ’ S R OL E I n H I S T R A I n I n G A n d U P b R I n G I n G The account of this part of Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib’s life would be incomplete if alongside the efforts of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad [as] , we did not mention the part played by his mother, Hadhrat Syeda Nusrat Jehan Begum [ra_ha]. Her train- ing left a deep impression on his conduct during the formative years. Fortunate ones are the few whose mother and father are patrons of such high attributes. Moreover, their values, beliefs and outlook flowed into a single stream. They shared a common purpose that was free from any trace of duplicity and contradiction. Of all the different causes, this was one of the main influences that helped imple-