Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 25
Undated 25 eight rak’aat of Tahajjud Prayer in its earlier time is called Tarawih. Both forms mentioned in the question are permissi- ble. The Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has done it both ways. But most of the time the practice of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was to offer this prayer in the latter part of the night at home, alone. 1 Undated Intermission in Revelations He observed: It is the norm in Divine revelation that some days revelations occur one after the other with great force and a sequence of revelations is formed, while in other days there is such silence that it is unclear why it is so quiet and the ignorant criticize that now God Almighty has stopped talking to him altogether. The Noble Prophet also endured a similar period when people thought that now revelation had ceased. Accordingly, the disbelievers started to scoff that now God had become— God forbid—displeased with our Noble Messenger and would 1. Badr, vol. 6, no. 52, p. 2, dated 26 December 1907