A Sign of Allah - Chaudhry Muhammad Zafrulla Khan — Page 45
A Sign of Allah 45 this prophecy of the Promised Messiah as be fulfilled count - less times over and over again. May we see this great proph - ecy be fulfilled with the grace of Allah the Almighty not just in others, but in ourselves, and not just in the houses of other people, but in our own homes as well. [During the Second Sermon ( Khu t bah Th a nia )] God willing, after the Friday Prayer, Hadrat Chaudhry Sahib’s funeral prayer will be offered. May Allah the Almighty grant him an abounding paradise. He always had this desire and would wonder when he might be able to join those dear ones of his who were in the next world. I just remembered this point that I forgot to mention in the sermon earlier. This too was a very striking aspect of his personality that he was ever ready for death and mention of it would not stir within him even an ounce of anxiety. He considered it very matter of factly as if it was some routine matter. Every morning, every evening, and every afternoon he would be ready. Every night he would go to sleep ready. He would say that never has a worry about death even crossed my mind; “is death even such a thing that a person should be afraid of it,” [he would ask]. He would say that people see all sorts of dreams and tell me about them [regarding my death] and I say to them that whenever Allah the Almighty wishes to call me to Himself is fine. He also used to say “that in actuality, most of my loved ones are in the next world anyway and I have a desire to meet them so what is there to be fearful about?” He had complete faith that he would join those who were most