Life of The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 12
12 students in Qadian and some elders also watched it to encourage the children. A son of the Promised Messiah as asked him, ‘Father, why don’t you go to play cricket?’ His reply was, ‘They will return after the game but I am playing such cricket which shall continue till the Day of Judgment!’ 10 This does not mean that the Promised Messiah as dis- couraged children from playing games. In fact, he encouraged them but he also disliked wasting time. God Almighty had revealed to him: ایک ی ا اجےئ اگ. ی ہ ںیہن ٰی ےہ سج اک وتق اضعئ � ع�یس وت وہ You are the Isa [Messiah] whose time shall not be wasted. 11 He wrote more than ninety books, delivered lectures, and wrote arti- cles in Urdu, Arabic and Persian. He also read and replied to hun- dreds of letters a day; proofread his own manuscripts and arranged for their publication. He personally met and advised a large number of people on a daily basis; cared for his guests; frequented the mosque for the five daily Prayers; and conducted the affairs of the Jama’at. All of this was only possible due to the special grace of God Almighty. Nawab Mubarakah Begum ra states: Laziness was never seen in his work. Allah, the Almighty, had blessed his time with such abundance that one is amazed