Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 58
58 vigilant, and he had five or six medicine chests open. He was dispensing various medicines from small glass vials and bottles to some, and giving essences to others. This dispensary remained open for some three hours. The clinic continued serving its patients. Afterwards, I submitted: “Your Holiness, this is a great inconven- ience to you, and much of your valuable time is wasted. ” Holy is Allah! He responded to me with joy and satis- faction: “This too is religious work. These are people in need. There is no hospital nearby. It is for the sake of these people that I order and store all sorts of allopathic and Graeco-Arab medication, which proves beneficial when the time comes. ” The Promised Messiah as went on to say: “This is a task that brings great spiritual reward. A believer must never show indolence and unconcern for such work. ” I have just mentioned children, but the conduct of the Promised Messiah as towards other ordinary lady attendants is no different. Sometimes, one will come and ask for something. Then she will come again and ask for something else. Never once have I seen the Promised Messiah as express annoyance and say: “You wretch! Why do you pester me? Why do you not take whatever you need once?” I have seen countless times that his own children and other children also will be sitting on the charpoy of the Promised Messiah as and inconvenience him to sit at the foot of the charpoy,