Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 231
19 March 1908 231 to advance in sin and heedlessness, God sends the plague again to reprimand and punish them. Therefore, one should not become satisfied and unconcerned. Rather, remain busy in your reformation and occupy yourselves in seeking repentance and forgiveness before some calamity arrives all of a sudden. The Mighty Signs of Allah the Exalted The Promised Messiah as said: When God wills to have something done, He gets it done even by grasping the neck. His ways to enforce His will are bewilder- ing. For example, it is reported about a Muslim king who had imprisoned Imam Musa Raza for some reason. It so happened that one night the King summoned his Prime Minister at midnight and vehemently insisted that he should come in whatever state he was, so much so that he was not even to change his clothes. The Prime Minister rushed to the King—bareheaded and barely clothed—as soon as he received the order and inquired the reason for this urgency and panic. The King related his dream that he had seen a man from Habsha [Ethiopia] come to him who threatened and warned him with an axe-like weapon. His appearance was extremely fearsome and horrifying, and he had told him [the King] to release Imam Musa Raza immediately or he would kill the King, and also to give him [Imam Musa] a thousand gold coins and let him live wherever he desires. Hence, the King commanded his Prime Minister to go to Imam Musa Raza right away and set him free. Thus, the Prime Minister went to the prison and before he could express his intent, Imam Musa Raza spoke to him and said that he should first hear his own dream. He thus narrated the dream as follows,