Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 340
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 340 15 January 1906 The Death of a Prophet and the Manifestation of the Power of Allah the Exalted A devotee from out of town came and mentioned the revelation of the Promised Messiah as that the days of his death were near and started crying. The Promised Messiah as said: This time has to be witnessed by the followers of all the Prophets, and God Almighty manifests a Sign through it. By maintaining the Movement after the death of the Prophet, Allah the Exalted wants to show that this Movement is actually from God. Some ignorant people say in the Prophet’s time that he is a clever and cunning man and a businessman. By some coincidence, his business has flourished, but after his death, all this business will be destroyed. Then, Allah the Exalted shows His mighty hand at the time of the Prophet’s death and establishes his Movement anew. The same thing hap- pened at the time of the death of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Many bedouins became apostates. People thought it was an untimely death. Prayers con- tinued to be offered in only two mosques; in the rest, Prayers were no longer offered. Then God Almighty raised Ab u Bakr, and all the work continued as before. If it had been a human endeavour, it would have remained unfinished. The example of failure, destruction, and trouble seen by the followers of Jesus, peace be on him, after him is unlike any other. Allah the Exalted wants to show an example of the mani- festation of His power, so He does not complete all his work