Fazle Umar
Ever–growing faith in the Promised Messiah [as] A picture of the atmosphere and environment in which Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad [ra] spent his childhood has been outlined briefly. He observed his father from two contrary and opposing points of view. On the one side was the enmity of abundant enemies and bitter foes, on the other was an ever-growing loving and devoted Community armed with conviction and unshakeable belief that gathered around him like moths enticed to a flame. From one point of view, in the eyes of the world he had not only incurred their displeasure and wrath but was also subject to God Almighty’s wrath and hatred. From another angle he was a beloved Messenger of Allah who was bestowed a godly community of saintly men and women, forever ready to lay down their lives in his cause. Let us consider which of these two opposing views became prominent in his mind. Which one did he consider to be based on absolute fact and which one did he consider from an unbiased view to be a fabrication. This decision was not very difficult for him. He witnessed a few weak human beings that surrounded him grow into a large, strong, pressing crowd of hundreds of thousands who claimed Allah was fully supporting them. But every time the enemies tried to wipe Hadhrat Mirza sahib [as] and his handful of companions off the face of the earth they failed miserably. To say what of annihilation, they did not even have the power to bring the slightest grief and uneasiness upon this Community. On the contrary, after every assault and every incursion, the power of Hadhrat Mirza sahib [as] and his followers, both in number and quantity grew stronger than ever. And every time after his father had dispersed the marshalled troops of the enemy in clouds of dust, he witnessed this apparently
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