Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 393
14 September 1907 393 The Promised Messiah as — I do not accept this. What I know is that 1 ِ َعْمَال ُ بِالنِّیَّات ْأ اَل اِنَّم َا ا ِ َعْمَال ُ بِالنِّیَّات ْأ اَل اِنَّم َا ا [Verily, deeds are (judged) by intentions]. Do thieves not have ties of mutual allegiance? One of them will get caught himself, but desire to save the other. Even among the prostitutes, sympathy and sacrifice is expressed in the form of impious relationships. But can there be any good in such actions? [Not at all. ] 2 The reason is that these ties are not made for the sake of God. You will find the examples of what true and pure relationships are in Islam because the love that emanates from the fear of God Almighty is found only in Islam. Barrister— The practical condition is what should be looked at. The Promised Messiah as — It is indeed true that the prac- tical condition must be looked at, but it is also the intention that must be seen first. You are a man of law. Even in the law there is the question of intention. Material progress never leads to the conclusion about there being good intent as well. There have been such cruel-natured people who carved out global empires, yet people curse them. Therefore, it is indeed true that ِ َعْمَال ُ بِالنِّیَّات ْأ اَل اِنَّم َا ا ِ َعْمَال ُ بِالنِّیَّات ْأ اَل اِنَّم َا ا. Anyhow, these ‘advances’ will soon come to light and their reality will be laid bare. All that God Almighty has disclosed to me, and which I have already prophesied, that the people of this era will still be alive when they 3 will be destroyed. The end 1. S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a bu Bad’il- W a hi , B a b Kaifa K a na Bad’ul-Wa hi il a Ras u l- ill a h i , Hadith 1 [Publisher] 2. It appears that the scribe missed the words, ‘Not at all,’ here. (Compiler) 3. The statement of the Promised Messiah as is directed towards the Aryas who have been mentioned above. (Compiler)