Hazrat Amman Jan - An Inspiration for Us All — Page 184
184 for her youngest child influenced Hadrat Amatul Hafiz Begum ’ s ra siblings, who thus also showed particular care for her. Hadrat Amatul Hafiz Begum ra related that her eldest brother , Hadrat Musleh Mau ’ ud ra , was also like a father to her. On the other hand, she and her middle brother , Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra , had a relationship more akin to that of best friends. It so happened that two of Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad's ra sons and two of his grandsons , married four daughters of Hadrat Amatul Hafiz Begum ra. Hadrat Amman Jan ra considered her daughters especially Hadrat Amatul Hafiz Begum ra , as a trust left from the Promised Messiah as , which she had to safeguard and maintain to the best of her ability. An interesting fact is that Hadrat Amatul Hafiz Begum ra always regretted not remembering more of her father, the Promised Messiah as. She wished Hadrat Amman Jan ra had told her more about him. Thus, when her own daughter , Sahibzadi Fauzia Shameen , was widowed at a young age , she advised her not to do what Hadrat Amman Jan ra had done with her. T hat wa s, to never mention their deceased father to her daughters. However, Sahibzadi Fauzia Shameem relates, that she soon came to understand how her grandmother , Hadrat Amman Jan ra , must have felt. As whenever she began to talk about her late husband to her daughters , her voice would falter and emotion would overcome her so that she could not continue. From these remarks we can see that despite her greatness, Hadrat Amman Jan ra was only human, with the same emotions and feelings that all women experience. Paradoxically, it was her human con dition that was the reason for her exalted status. Hadrat Amman Jan ra like the rest of us, had to overcome personal emotions and human impulses in her continuous aspirations to please Allah