Some Hidden Pearls — Page 13
fore the world a graphic illustration of the saying "Of this world, but yet out of this world"; and a large number of them accepted a life of death for the sake of. Islam, by means of a formal and apparent waqf (dedication), saying goodbye to all thought of worldly advancement ; and some of them, for the sake of truth, also tasted physical death, winning for themselves the position and rank of martyrs ; and while the Promised Messiah naturally felt grief over their physical separation, in his position of a true Divine Reformer, he also expresed satisfaction and joy, from the spiritual angle, at their extraordinary sacrifice. . Accordingly we find that, when the Kabul. Government buried Sahibzada Syed Abdul. Latif to the waist and brutally stoned him to death, because he had accepted the truth of Ahmadiyyat, the Promised Messiah wrote on hearing this tragedy: "O Abdul Latif! Thousands of blessings be on you, for, within mine own lifetime, you have shown an example of steadfast loyalty, 13