Odyssey of Sacrifice — Page 64
! 66 of Allah]. They even thought of the names of their children but his wife was not yet expecting. After a few days they paid for the cause of Tehrike Jadid and Waqf - e - Jadid and got receipts in the name of their [unborn] children – a boy and a girl. Allah, the Almighty, rewarded them for their sacrifice in such a way that in a few weeks they found out that the wife is pregnant with twins. So, Allah, the Almighty, blessed them with twins and the husband and wife have firm faith that God bestowed them with twin children due to their financial sacr ifice. ” “Threaten me not with fire, for fire is my servant and indeed the servant of my servants” The Promised Messiah (as) received a revelation: “Threaten me not with fire, for fire is my servant and indeed the servant of my servants”. This revelation i s listed in Tadhkirah and Arba‘in , no. 3, p p 37 – 38. This revelation was fulfilled several times, even th r ough the serv ants of the Promised Messiah (as ). These servants of the Promised Messiah ( as ) were saved from fire because of the immense financial sacri fices made by them. A few examples of such sacrifices are mentioned below. “This is another extraordinary incident of performing financial sacrifice in the way of Allah , the Exalted. It shows how Allah protects them and blesses them abundantly in return. A n Ahmadi carpenter from Ivory Coast made a pledge for Tehrik - e - Jadid chanda which was above his financial capacity. Despite his hardship, he fulfilled his pledge before the deadline. The day he fulfilled his pledge, that very night a fire was set in the ma rket where he had his shop. The fire spread rapidly through the marketplace, where all the shops were made of wood. His