Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 113
8 February 1905 113 (At Z uhr time) Refrain from Associating Partners with Allah When the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, came at the time of Z uhr, one of his devoted followers from Kashmir desired to prostrate himself before him to fulfil the words of God, َ ِم َ د ٰ اَلِ ْا و ُ د ُجُ ْـ س ُ ا َ ِم َ د ٰ اَلِ ْا و ُ د ُجُ ْـ س ُ ا [‘Prostrate before Adam’] literally and expressed his love with great emotion and humility, but the Promised Messiah, peace and blessings be on him, forbade him from this action and said: These are idolatrous things and should be avoided. Prohibition of Debates At the request of a person asking for a debate, the Promised Messiah as said: I have closed the door of debates in compliance with Divine guidance. Notwithstanding, of course, anyone who wants, can write or speak with me to clarify doubts. In a debate, the parties are concerned with winning or losing, but this would not be the case here. By stopping debates, I do not mean that if a person raises any objection or asks a question or has any doubts, then he should not be paid attention. Rather, what was meant was that the answer, rebuttal, and the reply to the rebuttal, and then the thought of winning or losing that people were occupied with drives people far from the focus on establishing the truth.