Tadhkirah — Page 570
570 [Urdu/Sanskrit] Hail Krishn a , Ruddar Gop al , may you be glorified. Your praise is set out in G i t a. [al- H akam, vol. 6, no. 15, April 24, 1902, p. 8] 1902 608 [al- H akam, vol. 6, no. 15, April 24, 1902, p. 8] April 18, 1902 Promised Messiah [as] said: Last night I received the revelation: [Arabic] I shall stand with My Messenger and I shall rebuke the one who rebukes him. I observe a fast and I break 609 the fast. This means that at time plague will subside, and at other times, it will break out. [al- H akam, vol. 6, no. 16, April 30, 1902, p. 6–7] 1902 What was said four years earlier has been fulfilled…. Moreover, God Almighty has informed me during these days also as God, the Glorious and Exalted, says: 608 [Arabic] You are with Me and I am with you. I have made a bargain with you. My Lord has made a bargain with me. [Publishers] 609 It is obvious that God does not observe fast or break it. These words are not literally applicable to Him, they are used metaphorically and mean: I shall sometimes send down My chastisement and at other times I shall grant respite. … Divine books are full of such metaphors. For instance it is said in a h ad i th that on the Day of Judgment God will say: I was ill, I was hungry, I was naked etc. [ H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , p. 104 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, p. 107, footnote]