Points to Ponder — Page 4
— 4 Honor I remember that we had an adobe structure and during our childhood we would ascend upon it to play. The stairs we needed to climb were near the house of the late Mirz ā Sult ā n A ḥ mad. At that time, our tā’ē— who became an Aḥmad i later — on seeing me, used to say, “ jeho je yā kāñ , oho je ’ē koko. ” I could not understand this Punjabi expression because of lack knowledge in childhood and as my mother was Urdu-speaking. I asked my mother, “What does it mean?” She replied , “It means that the baby-crow is just like the crow. Crow, God forbid, is your father and you are the baby- crow. ” Then I have seen those times t hat the same tā’ē , whenever I went to her home, she received me with great respect; she laid down a cushion for me and seated me with honor, and tended me with reverence. And if I said, “You are weak, you are frail, do not move, do not overbea r. ” She responded , “You are my sage. ” So, I saw the times when I was a koko and I saw also the times when I became a sage. Looking at all these things you can understand that when God wants to change the world, He brings about a transformation.