Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 360
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 360 2 May 1908 (Before Zuhr Prayers in Lahore) Striving in Search of Truth is Incumbent upon Us A [university] graduate came to meet the Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, and requested prayers that Allah the Exalted enable him to recognize the truth of the Promised Messiah as so that he should not be left deprived of this blessing. The Promised Messiah as said: Although everything that happens occurs only as the result of the grace of God, it is still incumbent upon man to make an effort as is clearly ordained by the Holy Quran: 1 َسْيَل ِناَسْنِاْلِل اَّلِا اَم ىٰعَس َسْيَل ِناَسْنِاْلِل اَّلِا اَم ىٰعَس Meaning that a man benefits from the blessings [in proportion] to his effort. At another place it is said: 2 َوَنْيِذَّلا اْوُدَهاَج اَنْيِف ْمُهَّنَيِدْهَنَل اَنَلُبُس َوَنْيِذَّلا اْوُدَهاَج اَنْيِف ْمُهَّنَيِدْهَنَل اَنَلُبُس 1. And there is nothing for man but the fruits of his endeavours ( S u rah an-Najm, 53:40). [Publisher] 2. And as for those who strive in Our path—We will surely guide them in Our ways ( S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:70). [Publisher]