Tadhkirah — Page 850
850 applicable if the thalj is taken to mean satisfaction and deliverance from doubts and misgivings. If on the other hand the connotation of thalj in the revelation is snow and rain, it would mean that Allah the Almighty will send some other affliction from heaven. [Allah knows best. ] [Badr, vol. 2, no. 19, May 10, 1906, p. 2 and al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 16, May 10, 1906, p. 1] May 6, 1906 Translation: [Arabic] Do not address Me concerning those who commit wrongs—that is, who give precedence to the worldly affairs over faith and are unmindful of the faith because of worldly worries and anxieties. I shall certainly drown them and they shall die unsuccessful. This is the promise of God that shall not be averted. I consider that this revelation concerns some members of our Jam a ‘at who are too deeply occupied with the cares of the world and are indifferent to the faith and its problems. Thus, I have been admonished by God Almighty not to supplicate, nor intercede, on behalf of such people; as their faith has withered, so their world will also wither. Normally, one supplicates and intercedes on behalf of one’s friends, not the opponents. From this, I conclude that this revelation has reference to some special friends who have been warned of a severe chastisement. It is possible that such chastisement might involve others also but it certainly has reference to those who are nominally members of