Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 182
182 MALFUZAT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 7 Correct Interpreter of Prophecies The Promised Messiahas said: The correct interpreter of prophecies is the age itself. Look! The prophecies regarding Gog and Magog, the Dajjal [the Antichrist], the descent of the Messiah, etc. , have now been clearly understood. The Promised Messiahas said: I saw at night [in a dream] that there was a severe earthquake. In fact, the time is nigh. It will come suddenly. It is not known at what time it will come. Matters Related to Dreams Someone's letter arrived in which it was written that he had seen a dream of Mirza Şahib [the Promised Messiahas] in an unfavourable sit- uation. The Promised Messiahas remarked: Man is shown a portrait of his own internal states. His very own obscurities intervene. Hadrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen mentioned that in some city his teacher had once seen Allah the Exalted in a dream in the form of an ugly woman. Allah the Exalted said [in the dream] that, 'The people of this city have insulted Me in such a manner. '¹ 1. Badr, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 2, dated 20 April 1905