Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 434
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 434 9 September 1906 The Work of the Promised Messiah The Promised Messiah as said: The work before me is not easy; indeed, it is very difficult. I have two tasks. Correct the internal condition of the people and show them the path of righteousness and purity from which they have gone astray and make them tread upon it. And secondly, stop the external attacks and break the cross. Both of these tasks are so difficult that without the particular numi- nous actions of Allah the Exalted, this task can never be accom- plished by ordinary human efforts. Our foolish adversaries have ignorantly lifted the Messiah to the heavens. They do not think about what mischief this irrational doctrine has caused for such a long time that they would stand to gain something in the future by following this corrupt doctrine. God Almighty is All-Knowing and All-Wise and acquainted with the profound and subtlest of things. The triumph of Islam can only be achieved by treading upon the path of wisdom that God has chosen. Yas u‘ [Christ] is tainted himself since so much shirk [associating partners with Allah] takes place in his name. His arrival cannot be of any benefit to Islam now. Islam’s internal and external corruption has reached such a stage that, according to worldly reason, nothing is left but despair and hopelessness. The means and powers Christians possess for spreading their religion, such that they print hundreds of thou- sands of copies of each and every book and distribute them for free, where do Muslims have any such ability? The situation