Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 41
3 November 1904 41 news from God Almighty Himself. I, too, am informed by God Himself and I have faith in it. Pastor [Scott]— There is no doubt that the Messengers receive news from God. When the conversation reached this point, the Pastor Sahib’s eyes fell on the Editor of al- H akam, who was recording the conversation. Pastor Sahib became nervous upon seeing him and said, ‘Who is taking notes of this?’ When he was told that this was the Editor of al- H akam newspaper who is with the Promised Messiah as on this journey and would doc- ument the particulars of the trip and publish them, the Pastor Sahib said, ‘I am going now; he will publish all this. ’ He was asked, ‘What is wrong with this? Others will benefit from it. ’ Nevertheless, I am stating the truth, and those who were present could gauge the panic felt by the Pastor Sahib. Although he wanted to leave this conversation somehow, the audience insisted that he continue the discussion and said that if you do not benefit from it, they will. On this insistence, he continued to speak and then said the following: Pastor [Scott]— You have many ےلیچ [ chelay —lackeys]; per- haps they may attack. Promised Messiah as — It is a matter of great regret that you wantonly attack a people who are taught to be virtuous, humble, and hospitable. In such a situation where I am pres- ent among them, and you see that none from among them even speaks, how could you expect such behaviour from them? Ask me whatever you want. However you want. No one from among them will say anything to you. They are not taught such things. Besides, the word chelay is not right even though its meaning