Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 52
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 52 27 December 1906 S peech of the Promised Messiah, peace and blessings of Allah be on him Delivered after Z uhr & ‘A s r Prayers at Aqsa Mosque, Qadian A part of the speech that I 1 delivered yesterday remained to be addressed, therefore, I deemed it appropriate and necessary to set forth that part to complete that address. Gratefulness for Religious Freedom It should to be understood that this [Ahmadiyya] Movement which Almighty Allah has established 2 anew began encounter- ing troubles and difficulties immediately upon inception. It was made to suffer internally and externally in diverse ways, 3 but there is no sorrow for the harm which was externally inflicted because that suffering is just verbal injury. This is nothing compared to the affliction that was borne by the people who 1. From Badr : ‘Whatever I said yesterday remained incomplete due to illness. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 8, dated 17 January 1907) 2. From Badr : ‘Almighty Allah has established this [Ahmadiyya] Movement so that people attain faith and certainty in His existence in a new way. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 8, dated 17 January 1907) 3. From Badr : ‘This causing of harm is not only from the external people who are from other religions, but we are made to suffer by internal people, those who are called Muslims, and they cannot let any opportunity pass in our opposition. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 8, dated 17 January 1907)