Odyssey of Sacrifice — Page 69
! 71 said under this that my name should not be told. He says that I went to another place and related this incident that people sacrifice in this way as well. When the meeting ended, a frien d passed a slip of paper there as well which said 21,000 E uro s for Tehrik - e - Jadid and that his name should also be kept private. These are only a few incidents. There are many such incidents. Some might even be more faith - inspiring than these. But I have not chosen them with care rather I have taken them without much consideration. ” The d onor himself feels the effects of deficiency in the pledge Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) mentioned an interesting letter in his sermon of October 26, 1984 in these word s: “Today, as I was looking through my mail, I saw an interesting letter. A gentleman writes that last year I pledged my income one - third less than it actually was. And even though I had heard your voice that if you cannot pay in full then honestly say so and we will pardon you, but you must not lie. But this gentleman made a mistake, even though he is a businessman and has good income by the grace of Allah. He says I pledged one - third and Allah taught me a lesson in this way that when I checked my account s, my income was exactly one - third of the last years’ income. I realized then that this was not by accident. Allah, the almighty, wants to save me. So, I did not pledge my budget according to that year’s income but according to the extra income of the year before and the result was that I started receiving my lost assets, stolen goods