Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 285
! ! 285 Address to the Ladies at Jalsa Salana Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra December 1930 After Tashah h ud , Ta‘awwuz , and recitation of Surah Al - Fatihah , Haz rat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra recited the following verse: َا َﺗ ۡﺠ َﻌ ُﻞ َﻗ ﺎ ُﻟ ۤۡﻮ ا n َﺧ ِﻠ ۡﻴ َﻔ ًﺔ ا َۡﻻ ۡر ِض ِيف َﺟ ﺎ ِﻋ ٌﻞ ِا Eِّۡ ِﻟ ۡﻠ َﻤ ﻠ l mِ َﻜ ِﺔ َر ُّﺑ َﻚ َﻗ ﺎ َل ِا ۡذ َو ِﺑ َﺤ ۡﻤ ِﺪ َك tُ َﺴ ِّﺒ ُﺢ َﻧ ۡﺤ ُﻦ َو s ا ِّ َﻣ ﺂ َء 'َ ۡﺴ ِﻔ ُﻚ َو ِﻓ ۡﻴ َﻬ ﺎ ُّﻳ ۡﻔ ِﺴ ُﺪ َﻣ ۡﻦ ِﻓ ۡﻴ َﻬ ﺎ َﺗ ۡﻌ َﻠ ُﻤ ۡﻮ َن َﻻ َﻣ ﺎ َا ۡﻋ َﻠ ُﻢ ِا Eِّۡۤ َﻗ ﺎ َل n َﻟ َﻚ ُﻧ َﻘ ِّﺪ ُس َو “ And when thy Lord said to the angels, ‘I am about to place a vicegerent in the earth,’ they said, ‘Wilt Thou place therein such as will cause d isorder in it, and shed blood? A nd we glorify Thee with Thy Praise and extol Thy Holiness,’ He answered, ‘I know what you know not. ’ ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 2: V. 31) Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra stated : T here are two kinds of Kh u l a fa in the world: those who are appointed by man and those who are commissioned by God through revelation. The Khalifa ordained on the basis of revelation is call ed a ‘Prophet’. The arrival of revelation - bearing Kh u l a fa create dissension in the world, n ot because they themselves create dissension, but because people have conflicting dispositions. In this ruk ū ‘ , Allah the Almighty relates the incident of Hazrat Adam ’s a s birth. W hen the angels said , “Will you create therein such a person who wil l create disorder in the earth? ” In other words, the angels posed the point that although the intention appears to be for the sake of bringing about something positive , the reality would be that it would be a cause for disorder. In this regard, God Almighty said, “ I know what you know not. I establish a Khalifa so that the good are