Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 103
103 Hazrat Maulvi Abdul-Karim Tending to the Poor His Holiness as does not turn away a beggar and gives whatever he has available. One day after the Asr Prayer, His Holiness as stood up as usual and stepped into the entrance leading to his home. Unexpectedly, a beggar said in a soft voice: “I am a beggar. ” His Holiness as had an important task at hand, and then the beggar’s voice was drowned in the voices of others who had stood up after the Prayer and were speaking to one another as they tend to do. In short, His Holiness as quickly went inside and could not give his full attention. However, when he had entered his home, that faint voice which had only just touched his ears earlier began to leave an ever deeper impress upon his heart. He hurriedly returned and called Khalifah Nur-ud-Din Sahib and said: “There was a beggar here earlier. Find him. ” The beggar had left after His Holiness as had gone inside. Nonetheless, Khalifah Sahib searched for him but to no avail. In the evening, when His Holiness as remained seated in the mosque as per his custom, the same beg- gar returned and asked to be given something. His Holiness as quickly took something out of his pocket and handed it to him. It was evident now that His Holiness as was immensely overjoyed and a burden had been removed from his shoulders. After some days, he mentioned: “The other day when that beggar could not be found there was such a burden on my heart that I