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The Spiritual Revolution
illness. His death took place at the time of Fajr. My father had been up all night looking after him. After his death, he made arrangements for his burial and other related matters. After having finished with these, he went to work as usual at the time of the courts opening. Neither his clients nor the court officers and his colleagues came to know that he had come to work after having buried his beloved child, content and pleased with the will of his Lord. (Ashab-e-Ahmad, vol. 11, pp. 165–166, published in 1962)
Hadrat Qadi Dia’-ud-Dinra writes: On the death of my wife and three children, the uproar of the opponents increased. They left no stone un-turned to humiliate me and to hurt me financially in every way. I had also suffered a burglary at home. Considering all these troubles gives a good picture of the extent of anguish and distress I was going through. All these divinely destined trials and tribulations came to pass about which the Promised Messiahas had already foretold. During this testing time the Promised Messiahas graciously wrote a comforting letter of condolence. This too consisted of a prophecy which was fulfiled and is being fulfiled. He wrote that: ‘Indeed you are going through a severe tribulation. It is the way of Allah the Almighty by which he brings to light the steadfastness of His faithful servants to people, and grants great rewards for being patient. Allah the Almighty would release you of all those troubles and the enemy would be humiliated. Just as Allah the Almighty saved the sinking vessel of the Companionsra of the Holy Prophetsa, the same will happen now. Their mischief will backfire.’ All praise belongs to Allah the 225
