Blessings of Prayer — Page 49
49 are granted to men of God. In his view these prophe- cies are as much against the laws of nature as it is for the fire to forsake its property of burning. Sayyid Sahib likewise believes that the innate efficacy of prayer—by means of which the objective prayed for is attained—is also opposed to the law of nature. If Sayyid Sahib is unable to come and stay with me, then he should—by undertaking to accept the truth in respect of these two matters—permit me to publish whatever is revealed to me by God Almighty in answer to my supplications regarding him. This will be a great service to the public at large. If Sayyid Sahib’s assertions are true, I will never achieve my objective, otherwise people of understanding will rid themselves of the evil beliefs of Sayyid Sahib and will recognize their Glorious God and turn to Him with love. They will not despair of His mercy when praying to Him, and will derive comfort when raising their hands for prayer. This, after all, is the very blessing of the presence of God, that He should hear our prayers and should Himself inform us of His existence; not that we should contrive in a thousand ways to establish in our hearts an imaginary god, like an idol, whose voice we cannot hear, and the mani- festation of whose supreme power we cannot see. You should know for a certainty that the Omnipotent God, Who has power over everything, does exist.