Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 347
19 August 1907 347 May God show His graciousness. Mental illness is a very dan- gerous ailment. Hadrat H ak i mul-Ummat ra submitted, ‘Your Holiness, even the Prophets have beseeched this prayer: الـخ الـخ. . . . . . . . 1 ِ مِن َ الْبَرَص ِ وَالْـجُذَام ِ وَالْـجُنُوْن ِ َبِك َ مِن َ الْبَرَص ِ وَالْـجُذَام ِ وَالْـجُنُوْن بِك ُ اَعُوْذ ُ ْ اَللّٰھُم َّ اِنِّی ْ اَعُوْذ اَللّٰھُم َّ اِنِّی (At the time of ‘A s r) Plague The seasonal changes and alteration [in the weather] were being dis- cussed. During the conversation, the plague was mentioned. Upon this, the Promised Messiah as said: It is the opinion of doctors that this time around, there will be limited spread of the plague as the severity has peaked and many rats have been exterminated. From their opinion it can be understood that the time which is written in the Holy Quran has still not dawned: 1. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from leprosy, elephantiasis, and mental illness ( Mishk a t-ul-Ma sa b ih , Kit a bud-Da‘w a t, Hadith 2470). [Publisher]