Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 59
27 December 1907 59 The Need for the Prayer of 1 ِرْيَغ ِبْوُضْغَمْلا ْمِهْيَلَع ِرْيَغ ِبْوُضْغَمْلا ْمِهْيَلَع Of course, if the question arises that whereas Jews treated the Prophets with insolence and mischief, and whereas now the chain of prophethood has ended—what was the need for the prayer of ِرْيَغ ِبْوُضْغَمْلا ْمِهْيَلَع ِرْيَغ ِبْوُضْغَمْلا ْمِهْيَلَع ? Its answer is that since God Almighty knew that the Promised Messiah as would descend in the Latter Days, and the Muslims would, by denying him, become like the Jews, and they would advance in various ways of insolence and mischief—therefore, the prayer of ِرْيَغ ِبْوُضْغَمْلا ْمِهْيَلَع ِرْيَغ ِبْوُضْغَمْلا ْمِهْيَلَع was taught that: ‘O Muslims! You ought to pray in each rak’at of every one of the five daily Salat that, “O God! Keep us away from the path of those who were struck with Your wrath in this very world and who were made to taste varied earthly and heavenly calamities on account of opposing Your Messiah. ”’ Therefore, one should be mindful that this is the time to which the verse of ِرْيَغ ِبْوُضْغَمْلا ْمِهْيَلَع ِرْيَغ ِبْوُضْغَمْلا ْمِهْيَلَع points. And he who is speaking among you at this time is indeed the true Messiah of God. Opposition and Rejection of the Promised Messiah as Keep in mind that God has been patient for twenty-five years. They have not left any stone unturned in my opposition. They have been insolent in every way. A host of allegations were lev- elled against me. Full zeal was employed in these mischievous and villainous acts. Great effort was made in every way for my destruction and annihilation. A variety of fatwas [religious verdicts] denouncing us as kafir [disbelievers] were drawn up. We were even considered worse than the Christians and the 1. Those who have not incurred displeasure ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah , 1:7). [Publisher]