Life of Ahmad — Page 136
MARRIAGE as 136 children. May she live long in health, comfort and happiness. Ahmad as , however, was not a man of this world. The attitude of his relatives did not worry him. He was perfectly happy. He saw in his marriage a wonderful fulfilment of the word of God. Two or three years previously God had spoken to him in these words: i. e. , 'O Ahmad live thou and thy wife in paradise!' i. e. 'Be grateful for My favour, thou hast found my Khad i ja' i. e. , 'Praise be to Allah who honoured you with your wife and pedigree. ' When Ahmad as was anxious as to the expenses of the marriage, God told him: i. e. 'Whatever you will require for your marriage I shall arrange, and I will give you whatever you want. ' Concerning the fulfilment of these words Ahmad as wrote a long time afterwards: 'No father looks after his son as God did in my case. No mother in this world keeps awake in order to take care of her child as God took care of me. ' Not only did God provide Ahmad as with money and make all arrangements for his marriage, but He also strengthened his vital powers for this purpose. His friends were afraid in this respect. Hakim Muhammad Sharif spoke to Maulaw i Muhammad