Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 108
108 heard from somewhere that today a warrant would be coming along with handcuffs as well. Mir Sahib was shocked and became extremely perturbed. He hurried in to inform the Promised Messiah as , and as he was overcome by emotion, he expressed the matter at hand with grave difficulty. His Holiness as was writing Nur- ul-Quran at the time and he was engaged in a very sub- tle and delicate subject. The Promised Messiah as raised his head, smiled and said: “Mir Sahib! People wear bangles of silver and gold on occasions of worldly joy. I shall deem that I have put on bangles of iron in the way of Allah Almighty. ” Then, after a pause, the Promised Messiah said: “But this will never happen, because the government of God Almighty has its own ways of wis- dom. God does not allow His divinely commissioned vicegerents to be humiliated. ” I have accompanied His Holiness on his travels to Delhi, Patiala, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Sialkot, Kapurthala and Jalandhar. Countless incidents of unpleasant nature have arisen, but this Lion of Allah the Lord of Dominance, viewed all of these situations with no con- cern whatsoever. I swear on oath that it is these very endearing ways that have captivated me completely. On a daily basis, this ungrateful nation, either in writing or verbally, make hurtful statements, but the footsteps of this divinely appointed man of God do not stumble even in the least.