Chapter 10, Learning to Live in the Glory Summary and Analysis

God directs Bilquis to attend her cousins funeral. Even though she is mostly ignored, she knows she is doing God's bidding. Over a relatively short period, Bilquis attends three more family funerals and experiences the same shunning as she did in the first one. However, some of the relatives are genuinely grateful that she came. In the coming months, Bilquis has several visitors who try to convince her that she made a mistake and should once again embrace Islam. She is respectful of them but of course not swayed. She uses these times to witness to her faith. Bilquis at first is concerned about the success of her efforts. Do any of the people she speaks to show signs of conversion to Christianity? She realizes that her only duty...