Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 239
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I FINAL ADMONITIONS 239 who think like that are in error and have been guilty of disrespect. They should repent; I repeat that they should repent. If they do not repent they will be in evil case. Now I set apart the offerings that are made to me personally, and dispense them to win the pleasure of Allah. I do not depend upon you for my personal needs nor for the needs of the members of my family. God has never let me be dependent on anyone; He provides for me amply out of His hidden treasures. Also, I am still able to exercise the profession that He has bestowed upon me. Keep it in mind, and I repeat, that I do not need your money, nor do I ask you for it. If you send me anything I spend it to win the pleasure of Allah, as I conceive it. Then what could have prompted in me any desire to become a spiritual preceptor? God did whatever He willed, and neither you nor any one else can do anything about it. Therefore, school yourselves to respect God’s design; that is the way to earn God’s blessings. This also is a rope of Allah, that has bound together your scattered elements. Hold fast to it. Keep well in mind that you have no authority to remove the Khal i fa. If you perceive something in me that you esteem a fault, point it out to me respectfully. It is God who appoints a Khal i fa ; it is not the business of men. God made Adam as a Khal i fa , and also David as ; then He makes Khal i fas under 24:56; He has made all of you Khal i fas also. If I have been made Khal i fa , it is God’s doing in His wisdom and for your benefit. No one has power to remove a Khal i fa who has been appointed by God.