Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 90
90 Holiness as to various cities and have been with him in unpleasant situations. Whether it was the ungrateful and impetuous people of Delhi, or whether in the face of the collective, novel, hurtful efforts of opponents in Patiala, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Amritsar, Lahore and Sialkot, the astonishing patience, forbearance and steadfastness of His Holiness as is such that he has never, either in seclusion or in public, even slightly men- tioned that so and so person or community has com- mitted such and such impropriety against him or that such and such person has made so and so comments about him. I could always see, quite clearly, that he was a mountain; feeble, cowardly mice simply do not have the capacity to make burrows in this mountain. On one occasion, His Holiness as said in Jalandhar: “At a time of trial, it is the weak-hearted from among my community for whom I worry. My state of affairs are such that even if I were to hear a clear voice saying: ‘You are forsaken and not a single one of your desires will be fulfilled,’ I swear by God’s Being that there would be no decrease in my passion and love for God or in my service to the Faith, because I have already seen God. ” Then, he recit- ed the following verse: 12 ھَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهٗ سَمِیًّا Dost thou know any equal of His? 12 Maryam , 19:66