THE SINCERE DEVOTION

~ 20 ~ left him no time to look after himself. Many a time he left Nizamuddin on a Friday after lunch and had his second meal only after returning home on a Sunday. Keeping awake at nights, climbing mountains, making his way through the hot, dry plains of Mewat, and alternately facing waves had almost become a routine with him. When he found that his colleages were almost dropping with exhaustion from such a busy schedule, he observed: “God is but beyond the mountain of struggle: whoever wants to see Him can find Him there.” When someone enquired after his health, he wrote back: “How does health matter? One can be said to be well if one is able to properly perform the task for which one was born.” Once some relatives from Kandhla, his hometown, visited him to enquire after his health. On hearing about it, he said, “You have traversed such a long distance to learn about one who is born to die, whereas the religion of the Prophet Muhammad, which is eternal, is being neglected, and you show no concern for it.”