My Mother — Page 91
Fulfilment of Dream (A) 91 1961, and that unless I was re-elected to the Court, there would be no question of my succeeding him as President. He observed, ‘There can be no doubt about that. It is unthink- able that you should not be re-elected. ’ But what he in the kindness of his heart had considered unthink able was what happened in fact. When the result of the elections was received the Deputy Registrar of the Court came to my chamber in some perturbation and said, ‘I have bad news for you. None of the Judges have been re-elected. ’ So far as I am concerned that is no bad news. If it is God’s design that I should serve Him in some other capacity, I am well content. I had requested Mrs. Azeezah Walters, a very pious and high - minded Muslim lady, to pray for my success in the election. I called her over the telephone and told her that I had not been re-elected. Her immediate response, without any comment, was the recitation from the Holy Quran of the verses: ‘Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor is He displeased with you. Surely, every suc- ceeding hour is better for you than the preceding one. Your Lord will keep on bestowing His favours upon you so that you will be well pleased’ (93:4–6). The following day she said to me, ‘Ever since you have told me the result of the election the thought has persisted in my mind that Allah designs to put you to some higher service. ’