Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 126
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 126 understatement, while another group has veered toward [the extreme of ] exaggeration, such as those who narrate the mir- acles of Hadrat Shaikh ‘Abdul-Q a dir Jil a n i , may Allah have mercy on him, that he had raised a boat that was sunk for twelve years, and that he had ascended to the heavens to snatch the departed souls from the hands of Hadrat ‘Izr a’i l [the Angel of Death]. The fact of the matter is that both groups have failed to understand the true essence of miracles. A miracle is under- stood to be furq a n —that which distinguishes truth from false- hood, and conclusively testifies to the existence of God. 1 20 February 1905 (Before ‘Ish a Prayer) Guidance is Not Attained without the Grace of God Almighty A short while prior to the ‘Ish a Prayer, the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, held a session in which the beneficence and favours of God Almighty were discussed. Regarding the state of some disbelievers, he said: 1. Al-Badr, vol. 4, no. 7, p. 2, dated 5 March 1905; al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 8, p. 7, dated 10 March 1905