Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 36
36 abode, he took a seat. His Holiness as , as was his custom, went into his private quarters. I mentioned to someone that today His Holiness as has not sent any pages of text; the scribe is after me and I have still to translate the rel- evant text. As I caught sight of Maulvi Sahib, his face was turning pale. With extreme anxiety, Maulvi Sahib rushed people back on our steps and said: “Hurry, stand up, the papers have fallen somewhere along the way. ” Maulvi Sahib was mortified and worried beyond measure. He thought to himself, what a humiliating oversight; what will His Holiness as think about me and how utterly irresponsible I am in that I could not even hold on to one piece of paper—and such an impor- tant paper at that. When His Holiness as was informed about this, he came out as normal, with a cheerful face and a gentle smile, and instead sought pardon and said: “Maulvi Sahib, you have suffered such grief on account of the paper being lost. I regret that you underwent such struggle and toil in search of these papers. It is my belief that Allah the Exalted will bestow upon me something better. ” Brothers! The root of all this is a firm belief in the existence of a Living, Omnipotent God. It is this very belief that breathes life into the faculties of man and invigorates them, and saves them from withering away into a state of degeneration, which in the end, often compels worldly people to commit many disgraceful