Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 95
LECTURE LUDHIANA Batala, Amritsar, and the surrounding vicinity are well aware- that I was absolutely alone at the time, and no one knew me. In light of the circumstances at that time, it was far from rea- sonable to conceive that a time would come upon an unknown individual like me when hundreds of thousands of individuals would join me. I state truthfully that I was nothing at the time. I was alone and helpless. It was during this period that God Himself taught me the following prayer: رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَّ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوَرِثِينَ. ['O my Lord, do not leave me alone as I am now, for who is a better inheritor than You. ] He taught me this prayer because He loves those who pray, for prayer is worship, and He has said: ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ! Pray, and I will accept your prayer. The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, also emphasized that the core and essence of worship is indeed prayer. 2 The other indication in this [revelation] is that Allah Almighty desires to instruct me through this prayer that though I am alone, a time will come when I will no longer be alone. I proclaim at the top of my voice that this prophecy shines as bright as this day³, and it is a fact that I was alone at the time. Who can stand up and say that I had a Jama'at with me [at that time]? But now look how Almighty Allah has granted me a large Jama'at in accordance with these promises and the 1. Sūrah al-Mu'min, 40:61 [Publisher] 2. Tirmidhi, Abū Dāwūd, Bābu mā jāʼa fi fadhlid-duʻā, Hadith 3371 [Publisher] 3. At that time, the sun had risen. [Editor] 95