Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 368
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 368 in our Jam a ‘at are still weak like this in their faith. Just as a tree grows and becomes so strong that when people climb on it, it does not break, their faith will gradually become stronger, and then, like a strong tree, it will become established in its place. 1 26 April 1906 Extraordinary Days The Promised Messiah as said: These days are as if heaven is wrestling with the earth. These are extraordinary days; exceptional events are happening every- where, and their unusual nature is increasing daily. Somewhere earthquakes are striking; at other places calamities are visiting. In some places people are being killed in conflicts; at other places people are being decimated by calamities, yet in other places fires are raging. But alas! People have dismissed all these events as ordinary, remaining asleep as usual in their negligence and are not wor- ried about anything. The will of God Almighty is one thing, while the desires of people are quite another. The righteous person is recognized by his obedience and deeds. Given that I present Signs before these people and show them the texts of the Quran and the Hadith, and then they deny them, so they cannot be called righteous. What does God 1. Badr, vol. 2, no. 20, p. 3, dated 17 May 1906