Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 21
11 November 1907 21 Who are Khairul-Bariyyah God Almighty says: 1 َّنِا َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا َو اوُلِمَع ِتٰحِلّٰصلا َكِٕىٰٓلوُا ْمُه ُرْيَخ ِةَّيِرَبْلا َّنِا َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا َو اوُلِمَع ِتٰحِلّٰصلا َكِٕىٰٓلوُا ْمُه ُرْيَخ ِةَّيِرَبْلا He did not say that those who receive visions and revela- tions are Khairul-Bariyyah [the Best of Creation]. Keep that in mind. Never say things that are in conflict with what God said or what the Prophet said. Revelations of this kind mean nothing. Water from the rain pleases everyone, but water from the drain causes discord and creates disorder. Those revelations which do not have the support of the work of God Almighty, and are not testified to by Divine Signs are like water from the drain. For instance, if someone has no turban on his head nor shoe on his feet and is wearing tattered and torn clothes, having a derelict condition, yet claims to be a king with all the armies of the land under his command—who but the insane would make such a claim? Bear in mind that words without action amount to noth- ing. This verse, 2 ْلُق ىٰفَك ِهّٰللاِب اًۢدْيِهَش ْيِنْيَب َو ْمُكَنْيَب َو ْنَم ٗهَدْنِع ُمْلِع ِبٰتِكْلا ْلُق ىٰفَك ِهّٰللاِب اًۢدْيِهَش ْيِنْيَب َو ْمُكَنْيَب َو ْنَم ٗهَدْنِع ُمْلِع ِبٰتِكْلا has a marvellous point and that is, ‘Accept me only if God testi- fies to my truth, otherwise don’t. ’ Similar is the revelation recorded in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya which God Almighty had given to me and it is: 1. Verily, those who believe and do good works—they are the best of creatures ( S u rah al-Bayyinah, 98:8). [Publisher] 2. Say, ‘Sufficient is Allah as a Witness between me and you, and so is he who possesses knowledge of the Book’ ( S u rah ar-Ra‘d, 13:44). [Publisher]