Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 169
3 March 1907 169 The Mujaddid of the Fourteenth Century The Promised Messiah as said: They reject the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, by refusing to accept the Mujaddid [Reformer] of this century. Did the Prophet not say that there would be a Mujaddid at the head of every century? 1 Twenty-five years of the century have elapsed—that is, a full quarter of this century has passed—so now tell us who that Mujaddid is and where is he? Everyone before us was eagerly anticipating this Mujaddid ; in fact, Siddiq Hasan Khan thought that he himself might be the one. Likewise, ‘Abdul- H ayy of Lakhukay entertained these very thoughts. Nevertheless, what can come about out of one’s own fancies? So long as God does not appoint someone, who can make the claim? When God Almighty appoints someone to carry out a task, He bestows him life. He provides him the ability to carry out his task. He provides him the means for it. Others perish in their own thoughts, and they cannot accomplish anything. If someone falsely impersonates being a tax collector, he would be arrested within a few days and put in prison, let alone that someone should proclaim to be commissioned by God whereas he is not? 2 1. In Sunan Ab i D awu d, Kit a bul-Mal ah im, B a b m a Yudhkaru f i Qarnil-Mi’ati, Hadith 4291; it is written as: نَهَا ی ُجَدِّد ُ لَهَا دِ ی ْ ُل ِّ مِائَة ِ سَنَة ٍ مَن ک ِ رَأْس ی َ ُمَّة ِ عَل ْأ اَل َبْعَث ُ لِهَذِه ِ ا ی َ إِن َّ هللا نَهَا ی ُجَدِّد ُ لَهَا دِ ی ْ ُل ِّ مِائَة ِ سَنَة ٍ مَن ک ِ رَأْس ی َ ُمَّة ِ عَل ْأ اَل َبْعَث ُ لِهَذِه ِ ا ی َ إِن َّ هللا. [Publisher] 2. From al- H akam : ‘Note that a person who makes a false claim to being a tax collector or even a peon in a man-made kingdom, he is apprehended and punished. Then can there be such disorder in the Kingdom of God? God Almighty declares: َو ْوَل َلَّوَقَت اَنْيَلَع َضْعَب لْيِواَقَاْلا۰۰اَنْذَخَاَل ُهْنِم ِنْيِمَيْلاِب۰۰َّمُث اَنْعَطَقَل ُهْنِم َنْيِتَوْلا۰۰ َو ْوَل َلَّوَقَت اَنْيَلَع َضْعَب لْيِواَقَاْلا۰۰اَنْذَخَاَل ُهْنِم ِنْيِمَيْلاِب۰۰َّمُث اَنْعَطَقَل ُهْنِم َنْيِتَوْلا۰۰ ( S u rah al- Ha qqah, 69:45–47); that is, if this Prophet had falsely attributed some statements to Us, We would have gotten a hold of his right hand and severed his jugular vein. This verse is clearly stating that a fabricator of any wa hi or ilh a m from God is apprehended promptly and dies in failure. ’ ( Al- H akam, vol. 11 , no. 9, p. 10 , dated 17 March 1907)