Scattered Pearls — Page 58
57. With all this, however, the Promised Messiah has. explained that it was not his Mission that like jugglers and conjurers he should give exhibitions of lighting a fire and. then going through it without suffering any burn, for such a thing would be tantamount to an audacious and foolish testing of the powers of Allah; and that such behaviour was far from the attitudes proper to the position of the true servants of God, being absolutely contrary to the modes and methods of Divine Prophets. He said that if the enemy should throw him into fire of his own accord and in the furtherance of his own schemes, then indeed. Allah would cool the flames on him, and save him from an untimely death at the hands of the enemy. . Oh, how I wish that members of the Ahmadiyya. Movement cultivate this strength of faith which characterised their master ! I wish they too would strengthen their link with Allah, that for them, too, He should, in His infinite mercy and wisdom, show similar Signs, so that they not only remain safe against the machinations of those who wish them ill, but also continually march triumphantly forward with waving banners, no matter how severe and furious and wide-spread the opposition against them! 27. On one side the Promised Messiah was always so confident on the point of Divine help and succour as to be perfectly sure in his mind that he would come out alive, safe and sound, even, if he should come to be thrown into fire by his enemies. At the same time, on the other hand, he was always mentally prepared for sacrifice of every kind in the way of Allah, to such an extent that all trials and tribulations found him optimistic and in the happiest frame of mind. Hazrat Maulvee Abdul Kareem relates that on the day when a Superintendent of Police came to search his residence, in connection with the death of Pundit Lekhram under the prophecy of the Promised Messiah, Hazrat Meer