Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 316
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 316 time, too, there is the display of ُ ُهَان ی ْ ُكْرَم ُ الْمَرْء ُ أَو ی [‘man is honoured or debased’]. Therefore, blessed are those who worry about the test of God. And then, blessed are those who pass the test of God. The Word of God Descends in Segment by Segment Thereupon the same person asked, ‘Were each of the lengthy chapters present in the Holy Quran revealed all at one time?’ The Promised Messiah as said: The Word of God Almighty always descends segment by seg- ment and then it becomes a complete unit. I am experienced in this matter. It used to descend the same way as it descends now. What is there to object to in this, and what phenomenon is being labelled contrary to the law? One can say something is contrary to the law if he claims that he has studied all the secrets of Allah the Exalted, and has encompassed the entire law of nature. He may then also claim that such and such mat- ter is against the law of nature. But since no one has been able to fathom the extent of God’s powers, how can this kind of claim be made? The Holy Quran is the basis of my revelations but these [my revelations] are not a shariah. 1 The Shariah is the same that was brought by the Holy Prophet s as and what was taught to the world by the Holy Quran. Not a dot has been added or deleted. 1. Footnote: There appears to be a scribal error and the correct sentence may be as we have translated above. [Editor]