Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 109
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I EMINENT DIVINE 109 by Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra was recorded on a phonograph record in October 1902, which ran as follows: "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful. We call to witness the decline of the day, that surely man suffers continuous loss, except those who believe and work righteously, and exhort one another to hold fast to the Truth, and exhort one another to continue steadfast (103:1-4). In this short chapter Allah, the Exalted, Lord of the worlds, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment, has set forth, of His pure grace, diverse ways of achieving nearness to Him, finding comfort, being honoured and making progress. First He has indicated that the time of a Messenger of Allah, and the time of man’s perfect comprehension and beneficial experiences, is like the latter part of the day when the sun is in decline. As thereafter no time is left for congregational worship, which is a source of spiritual exaltation for the faithful, and of achieving nearness to God, and an occasion for supplication, so after the time of a Messenger of Allah, which is the time of man’s perfect comprehension and beneficial experiences, no time is left for man within which to make up for his loss and his deficiencies. Therefore, during the time of a Messenger of Allah, when man enjoys full comprehension, he should occupy himself with (a) acquiring true and correct knowledge of, and belief in, the Existence, Unity, Uniqueness of God and His being without associate in His attributes and in His exaltedness; carrying out the holy suggestions of God’s angels, having