The Heavenly Sign — Page 76
76 Nish a n-e- A sm a n i the Age, that whatever this humble and sincere servant and devout disciple possesses is all at your disposal—my family, my wealth, my honour, and my life. My good fortune lies in bearing the entire cost of printing and publishing the booklet, or as much as your holiness would like me to contribute. My brother Fa sih is with me at the moment and says that if you would have the book printed at his press—the Punjab Press, Sialkot—it will cut down the cost by twenty-five percent. Maulaw i H ak i m N u rud D i n Sahib is unique in his sincerity, love and spirit of sacrifice, in his courage and generosity, in spending for the sake of Allah and his support for Islam. I know many a rich person, who spends a tiny portion of his abundant wealth in the way of Allah, but to give all of one's precious wealth to win the pleasure of Allah and suffer hunger and thirst and completely deprive oneself of all its material benefits, is a virtue that I have witnessed to perfection in Maulaw i Sahib alone. Those of his companions, whose hearts are deeply affected by him, are also endowed with this virtue. Maulaw i Sahib has so far given me three thousand rupees for the sake of Allah. In fact, the financial assistance that I have received from him is unparalleled. It is true that this kind of sacrifice is contrary to the ways of the world and the principles of economics, but how worthy is such a person in the eyes of Allah the Exalted, who believes in the existence of the Almighty Allah and believes that Islam is a true Faith and was sent by Him. He has also recognized and accepted the Spiritual Imam of the time and has annihilated his self in the love of Almighty Allah and His Messenger sa and the Holy Qur’an. And, besides all this, he