Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 19
22 October 1905 19 The Hesitance of God Almighty The fact of the matter is, this is the same reluctance mentioned in the s a hih h ad i th [authentic hadith] where Allah the Exalted says that I am hesitant to take the life of a believer. 1 I prayed a lot even though there were many revelations regarding his death. So, I received a revelation: َا ی نْ ُّ ٰوة َ الد ی تُؤْثِرُوْن َ الْحَ َا ی نْ ُّ ٰوة َ الد ی تُؤْثِرُوْن َ الْحَ [Do you adopt the worldly life?] Then I also received this revelation: ْ ذِي ْ خَلَقَكُم َّ كُم ُ ال َّ اس ُ اعْبُدُوْا رَب َّ هَا الن ُّ ی ٰۤاَ ی ْ ذِي ْ خَلَقَكُم َّ كُم ُ ال َّ اس ُ اعْبُدُوْا رَب َّ هَا الن ُّ ی ٰۤاَ ی [O people, worship your Lord who created you. ] The meaning of this was that when someone’s existence is considered necessary to an extreme degree, he becomes ٌ مَعْبُوْد ٌ مَعْبُوْد [ ma‘b u d —worthy of worship], but this is only true for the being of God Almighty, who has no substitute. This cannot be said for any human or any other creature. Some Revelations Then the Promised Messiah as said: The day before yesterday, I received the revelation: ُ مَا یَرُوْم ُ وَاُعْطِیْك َ مَا یَدُوْم ُ سُوْل ِ اَقُوْم ُ وَاَرُوْم ُ مَا یَرُوْم ُ وَاُعْطِیْك َ مَا یَدُوْم َّ ی ْ مَع َ الر ِّ ُ اِن سُوْل ِ اَقُوْم َّ ی ْ مَع َ الر ِّ اِن 1. S a hih al-B u k hari , Kit a b al-Raq a ’iq, b a b at-Taw ad u‘, Hadith 6502 [Publisher]