Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 52
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 52 Attributes of God, the Exalted Maker Pondering upon the following attributes of God Almighty— ّبّ ر ّبّ ر [ Rabb —Lord], ٰن م رح ٰن م رح [ Ra h m a n —the Gracious], رحیم رحیم [ Ra hi m — the Merciful], ِ ن ْ دِّی ِْمِ ال َو َ ی ِ ك ِ ل ٰ م ِ ن ْ دِّی ِْمِ ال َو َ ی ِ ك ِ ل ٰ م [ M a liki-Ya u mid-D i n —Master of the Day of Judgment]—one realises how wonderful God is. So, whosoever has such a Lord, can he ever remain unsuccessful and deprived? From the word of ّبّ ر ّبّ ر , it is also understood that َِّیَت َوَب ُ َب َ ر َِّیَت َوَب ُ َب َ ر —[ Rab u biyyat P rovidence] will also continue to oper - — ate in the other world. Wherever [material] means seem ineffective, make use of prayer there. 1 24 November 1904 (At the time of Z uhr) A Revelation and a Vision The Promised Messiah, peace and blessings be on him, narrated the following vision: I am wearing a white garment covering my lower body, but it is not entirely white, rather it appears slightly dirty. In the mean- time, Maulaw i Sahib started leading the Prayer, and he recited 1. Al-Badr, vol. 3, no. 44, 45, p. 3, dated 24 November and 1 December 1904