Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 163
3 MARCH 1907 163 3 MARCH 1907 (Before Zuhr) Give Precedence to Faith Sayyid Habībullāh, ICS [Indian Civil Service], Magistrate¹ of Agra,2 together with one of his friends, respectfully presented himself to the Promised Messiahas before the Zuhr Prayer. The Promised Messiahas addressed him: No one can come here bearing so much difficulty without the strength of faith. It is considered a waste of time to come here from the worldly perspective. May Allah the Almighty reward you a goodly reward. The Promised Messiahas said: The world and religion cannot coexist in one place except for when God desires to make the nature of a person so fortunate that he gives precedence to faith over the world despite being involved in worldly affairs, and such people do indeed exist in the world. Thus, a person has been mentioned in Tadhkiratul- Auliya' that he was engaged in business involving thousands of rupees; a waliullāh [saint] saw him, and when he cast his dis- cerning eye upon him he saw that despite being immersed in 1. From al-Hakam, 'Who was accompanying the Emir of Kabul as a represent- ative of the Indian Government. (Al-Hakam, vol. 11, no. 9, p. 10, dated 17 March 1907) 2. Al-Hakam has written 'Magistrate Ilahabad.