So Said The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 29
I find my money box empty and I have very great confidence in the grace of God, that now the money box will be filled up (with money) it really happens like that. I swear by God that when my pocket is empty, I find great and ecstatic pleasure in my reliance on God; I cannot adequately express myself to explain that condition of my heart. In fact that condition is a source of great consolation and it gives comfort and contentment much more than the time when my pocket is full. When my father and my brother were involved in court cases and that used to keep them vvorried, they always envied me and thought of me as a very lucky person who had no worries at all. (Malfoozat Vol. l. p. 312) A FAITHFUL JAMAAT I am grateful to God that He has given me a sincere and a faithful Jamaat. I could see that whatever the purpose for which I call them, they come forward with great zeal and vie with one another to do it at the earliest and with all the faculties that God has vouchsafed them. They are true to their faith and they are sincere. I just tell them something to do and they are fully prepared for it. As a matter of fact no Jamaat can be established unless the members are prepared to obey the Imam with this kind of zeal, faithfulness and loyalty. The troubles that the Messiah (Jesus) had to confront with, were rooted in the weakness of his followers. When he was arrested, as great a disciple as Peter denied him in his very presence. And not only that he denied him, he cursed him thrice. Most of the disciples desert- ed him and fled. On the other hand, look at the sincerity 29