Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 276
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 276 5 August 1905 (Evening gathering ) Attraction to the [Ahmadiyya] Movement A tender-hearted Ha j i [one who has performed Pilgrimage] approached Hadrat H ujjatull a h as soon as he had seated himself. He requested his Bai‘at [Pledge of Allegiance] to be accepted. His Holiness instructed him to do so after a day or two. After this the conversation began as follows: Large numbers of people are joining the [Ahmadiyya] Movement, though the reasons and motives for this are not known to us. Which preachers have I appointed to go and invite peo- ple to join this Movement? This is simply an attraction from God Almighty. When God Almighty establishes a Movement, there is an attraction attached to it by which people keep being pulled towards it. The same is happening here. He has placed an attraction in this [Movement]. The extent of the attraction in this Movement is determined by how far Allah the Exalted wants it to advance. Conditional Bai‘at It was then mentioned that some people send letters regarding Bai‘at [the Pledge of Allegiance], stating that they will take Bai‘at if a particu- lar issue is resolved or if they come into so much money.