Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 313
14 July 1907 313 excellent places existed on the shores of the sea there that if people were to go and stay there a few days, their health would improve signif- icantly. The Promised Messiah as said: Good health is a great thing. All religious and worldly activ- ities are dependent upon good health. Without good health, life goes to waste. 1 Did the Holy Prophet s as Not Cast a Shadow? A letter was received by the Promised Messiah as from a member in Jhansi inquiring whether the Messenger of God, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, cast a shadow or not. It is written in some books that the illustrious Holy Prophet s as did not cast a shadow upon the ground. The Promised Messiah as wrote in response to this letter: This matter is not proven from any authentic hadith and nei- ther has any reliable historian written so. This is not mentioned among the miracles that the Mu h addith i n [Scholars of Hadith] have collated in their books. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, may Allah forgive him. 2 Sir Sayyid was Not a Leader A person mentioned that in the current age, there have been two national leaders among the Muslims and one among the Hindus. Dayanand was the one among the Hindus. As a result of his teaching 1. Badr, vol. 6, no. 29, p. 6, dated 18 July 1907 2. Badr, vol. 6, no. 29, p. 4, dated 18 July 1907