Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 47
5 November 1904 47 5 November 1904 (In Qadian at the time of Maghrib) The Severity of the Plague Upon mention being made of the plague, the Promised Messiah as said: Along with the mention of the eclipses of the sun and the moon, the Holy Quran also says, 1 ُّرَفَمْلا َنْيَا َنْيَا ُّرَفَمْلا which means that the plague will spread so much that no place of refuge will be left. These are the meanings of my revelation: عَفَت ِ الدِّیَار ُ مَحَلُّھَا و َ مُقَامُھَا عَفَت ِ الدِّیَار ُ مَحَلُّھَا و َ مُقَامُھَا [Temporary residences and permanent ones will be wiped out. ] The Person of Jesus the Messiah, Peace be on Him, has Proven to be a Source of Affliction Regarding the person of the Promised Messiah [of Nazareth], peace be on him, he said: His person has proven indeed to be an affliction for the world; that is, there is a close connection between afflictions and the person of the Promised Messiah [of Nazareth], peace be on him, since those who denied him became Hell-bound, and those who believe in him are also the fuel of Hell, as is clear from the 1. S u rah al-Qiy a mah, 75:11 [Publisher]