Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 109
16 JANUARY 1907 109 16 JANUARY 1907 A Hadith Regarding the Promised Messiah as Today, the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, went out for a walk. On the way, Maulawī Sayyid Muhammad Ahsan Fadil of Amroha pre- sented two sentences from a Hadith narrated by Nawas ibn Samʻan. . . that is recorded in the footnote of Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal. One sentence isتُقْبَضُ لَهُ الْأَرْضُ meaning that, the earth shall be rolled up for the Promised Messiah [distances shall be made easy to be covered] which points towards the railway and steamship, etc. Accordingly, books and magazines are being published in Europe, America and other such countries for the propagation of Islam using these very means. The Promised Messiah, peace be on him, said that, Without doubt طَيُّ الْأَرْضِ - rolling up of the earth-has not occurred for any appointed one from Allah before this, nor did such means appear before. 2 The second sentence from this hadith that the Maulawi Şahib pre- sented was, ۚمَنْ مَّسَّ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ يَكُوْنُ لَهُ أَرْفَعُ قَدْرًا وَّ يُعْظَمُ مَسُّهُ . Meaning that, who- ever will touch the Promised Messiah, his value will be adjudged by God Almighty to be very high; and his touch and contact, meaning, 1. In Musnadul-Imām Ahmad ibn Hanbal wa bi Hamishihi, Muntakhib Kanzul-'Ummal fi Sunanil-Aqwal wal-Afʻal al-Fadluth-Thānī fi Khurūjil- Khadhdhābīn wal-Fitan Bab Khurūji Ya'jūj wa Ma'jūj, vol. 7, p. 58, al-Maktabul-Islāmī; it is written as: وَالْأَرْضُ تُقْبَضُ لَهُ . ]Publisher[ 2. In Musnadul-Imām Ahmad ibn Hanbal wa bi Hāmishihi, Muntakhib Kanzul- 'Ummālfi Sunanil-Aqwalwal-Afʻālal-Fadluth-ThānīfiKhurūjil-Khadhdhābīn wal-Fitan Bab Khurūji Ya'jūj wa Ma'jūj, vol. 7, p. 58, al-Maktabul-Islāmī; it is written as: وَمَنْ مَسَّ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ كَانَ مِنْ أَرْفَعِ النَّاسِ قَدْراً وَيَعْظُمُ مَسَّهُ . ]Publisher[