Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 201
14 March 1907 201 Jesus, Peace be on Him, Conversing in the Cradle The Promised Messiah as said: It is written about Jesus as that he began speaking while in the cradle. This does not mean that he began speaking just after birth or within two to four months of birth, rather it means that when he was two to four years old, as this is the time for children to play in cribs and it is not astonishing for such a child [to speak]. Our daughter, Amatul- H af iz also speaks a lot. 1 14 March 1907 Need of Seeking Forgiveness for Steadfastness of the Heart The letter of brother Ahmad Husain from Amritsar was presented to the Promised Messiah as in which he had asked the Promised Messiah as for a cure relating to the fear in his heart and it was written that it has been heard that the Promised Messiah as had said that people should come to Qadian within twenty-five days, and felicitations were pre- sented on the Sign of [ John Alexander] Dowie. The Promised Messiah as wrote in response: For the steadfastness of the heart, recite istighf a r [seeking for- giveness from God] abundantly. 1. Al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 11 , p. 10 –11 , dated 31 March 1907