Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 240
240 January 1898 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad An Instruction to Visit the Centre The Promised Messiah as states: People place their hand in my hand and repeat the words that they will give precedence to religion over worldly affairs, but when they leave from here they forget this promise. What benefit can such people derive if they do not come here to visit. The world has seized them. If they truly gave precedence to their faith over the world, they would take time out to come here. ¹ 1 February 1898 The Promised Messiah as states: Two days ago I received the following revelation: يَوْمَ تَأْتِيَكَ الْغَاشِيَةُ يَوْمَ تَنْجُو كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ يَوْمَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ This means: 'A terrifying time that will overwhelm the people and surround them from all four fronts is approaching. At that time, each and every person will re- ceive deliverance on account of their actions. At that time, every individual shall be recompensed in accordance with their actions. ' After quoting these revelations, the Promised Messiah (as) emphatically urged the community: Prepare yourselves. Be humble in your formal Prayers, inculcate the habit of Tahajjud and weep in your supplications during Tahajjud. For God Al- mighty does not waste those who beseech him and follow the ways of righteous- 1 2 ness. Our blessed Imam, on whom be peace, advises us time and again: May the com- munity become righteous and inculcate the habit of humility and meekness in their formal Prayers. One day, he stated with immense pain: Reform yourselves and adopt righteousness, lest you become a hindrance in my path. ² Special Guidance for Those Travelling Abroad On returning to East Africa from India, Babu Muhammad Afzal Sahib submit- ted to the Promised Messiahªs: 'I came here from a place that is drowned in a surging flood of countless doubts, suspicions and inner darkness. Since I am re- Al-Hakam, vol. 5, no. 4-5, dated 16 November 1911, p. 3 As recorded in a letter of Maulvi Abdul-Karim Sahib, written on 4 February 1898 and published in Al-Hakam, vol. 2, no. 2, dated 6 March 1898, p. 10