Inspiring Events in the Field of Tabligh — Page 25
25 A Dr. Sard ā r Nazeer A ™ mad (the son of © adhrat Sard ā r ‘Abdur- Ra ™ m ā n, who has been mentioned in previous pages) was an avid D ā ‘ ī ilall ā h who would like to perform tabl ī gh day and night. When he was busy in this blessed task, he forgot everything. Let me tell you a heartwarming incident of his life in this regard. He related: I was employed as a doctor on a ship, which used to serve © ā j ī s (the people going to Mecca for the yearly prescribed Pilgrimage). After Hajj, on our return home, when our ship reached the port of Aden, I got down and went in my zeal for tabl ī gh and got so absorbed in my task that I forgot the departure time of my ship. After tabl ī gh, when I arrived at the harbor, I was shocked to find that the ship had already left. Seeing this, I was very much upset. I wondered what the authorities would be thinking about my gross negligence. If any © ā j ī died on the ship, I could be legally held responsible for this laxity. I passed the whole night praying. I begged God, I was carrying out Your job and was conveying Your message to the Arabs. This was not my personal job. Now, when the ship has left I don’t know what to do. I beg You to bring back that ship. While thinking all this, I went to sleep. In my dream I saw that the ship had come back. People, to whom I had been preaching, were mocking and jeering that my ship had gone and now I was in great trouble. In the morning when I announced that my God had informed me that the ship had come back, they ridiculed me all the more and laughed and mocked at me. But who can judge the marvels of God. He has unlimited powers and strange are His ways. When the day dawned, people saw a queer spectacle. A man came running and informed me, that the ship had really entered the harbor. I thanked God and fell prostrating and went straight to the ship.