Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 296
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 296 Important Advice for those Engaged in Preaching The Promised Messiah as said: The rich cannot listen to lengthy discourses. A preacher should say a small anecdote which could catch their attention immedi- ately and accomplish the task. Polygamy The subject of polygamy was under discussion. The Promised Messiah as said: The Shariah of God has permitted it because the need exists. If a man is able but his wife is unable to bear children, why should he remain childless and make himself barren too? Effort is made to preserve the breed even of a thoroughbred horse. Why should the progeny of a human being be jeopardized? Christian priests characterize a second wife as adultery. What do they have to say about the earlier Prophets? It is said that Solomon as had several hundreds of wives, and so did David as [have many wives]. If the intent is pure and the objec- tive is righteousness, even having ten or twenty wives is not a sin. If, God forbid, more than one marriage is all adultery, as per the Christians, then their God was also born from the prog- eny of David as. In that case, it is a great recipe, and a very blessed practice. Christian priests are drawn to useless things and do not look at the real issue. It is written in the Gospels that if someone has faith even as small as a mustard seed, and orders a mountain to move from here to there, it shall move. Christians need to