Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 32
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 32 27 December 1907 (On Friday) Incomparable Speech of the Promised Messiah at Jalsa Salana A Magnificent Miracle Firstly, I am thankful to God Almighty that He guided the hearts of all you gentlemen and gave you the ability to join this Movement despite the fact that thousands of Muslim clerics of India and the Punjab occupied themselves in denouncing me and kept maligning me as a dajjal [deceiver] and an apostate. It is also a great miracle of God Almighty that despite this much rejection and vilification, and despite the intense efforts of my opponents day and night, this Jama’at keeps growing. In my estimation, our Jama’at must be in excess of four hundred thousand at this point. It is a great miracle that while our oppo- nents are toiling day and night, ardently devising schemes and exerting the utmost to put an end to this Movement, yet God continues to expand our Jama’at. Do you know what the principle behind it is? The princi- ple behind it is that one who is appointed by God Almighty and is undoubtedly from God, progresses and advances day by