Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 244
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 244 1 July 1905 The Power of Prayer Some illnesses were being discussed. The Promised Messiah as said: My belief about healing diseases through prayer is such that I cannot express it to the degree that it is in my heart. The physi- cian tries but stops at a certain point and becomes disappointed, but God opens the way beyond that through prayer. 1 Knowing God and relying on God means having expectations and hope beyond the limits people have set; otherwise, a person dies in this state while yet alive. It is from here that the recognition of Allah the Exalted begins. In such matters, I like this couplet of Maulaw i Rumi very much: �ی�اں خ ی�وان� � اے ہک وخادنی تمکح وخبان مہ را �ی�ان خ یم� ا� � ا تمکح O thou who art studied in Greek philosophy! Study also the wisdom of people of faith. When a situation reaches the state of despair in the estimation of ordinary people, God Almighty begins to move things imperceptibly, and the issue is resolved. Many people write asking for prayers and I pray for every- one, but most people are not familiar with the basic philosophy 1. This is in Badr : Our essential belief is that even if all the doctors of the world lose hope and issue a fatwa of death, still if the spiritual means become avail- able and enough attention develops, the prayer will be accepted and the per- son will be cured ( Badr, vol. 1, no. 14, p. 2, dated 6 July 1905).