Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 149
149 Malfuzat – Volume IV The Truthful Do Not Need a Sign Now is the time for you to have firm faith, so that no earthquake or storm is able to shake you. There are some among you who are so truthful and sincere that they felt no need for any sign to reassure themselves, even though God, by His grace, has shown them hundreds of signs. However, even if a single sign had not been shown, they would still believe in me to be a truthful man and would stand by my side. As such, Maulvi Nur-ud-Din Sahib did not demand any sign whatsoever. As soon as he heard, he proclaimed his belief and as a descendant of Hazrat Umar Faruq ra , though a Faruqi himself, his action was akin to Abu Bakr Siddiq ra. It is written that Hazrat Abu Bakr ra had travelled to Syria and on the way back he was informed that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had made his claim of prophethood. He accepted there and then. ” When His Holiness as had delivered this much of his address, Maulana Maulvi Nur-ud-Din Sahib, Hakim-ul-Ummat, stood up roused with feelings of passion and sincerity and said: “I present myself because Hazrat Umar, may Allah the Exalted be pleased with him, also once made a declaration to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in the following words: ْا ً � ْی ِ ْب َ � ْن ٍ ِد َ � َم َُحَ َم َوَِبِ ْا ً � ِب ََر ِ ْاُہلل ِِب ُ َت ِْیْ َض َرَ We are pleased with Allah as our Lord and with Muhammad sas as our Prophet. Now, at this time, I too declare in the presence of our Truthful Imam, the Promised Messiah and the Awaited Mahdi, that I have never entertained any doubts or suspicions whatsoever about His Holiness as and this is due to the grace of God Almighty. We know that there are many things to which we are not privy. I have always considered it to be against the etiquette that one owes to prophethood to raise questions of this nature. I proclaim in your presence: ْا ً � ْی ِْدِ ُھ َ ِم َ � َو ْا ً َح ِْیْ ُّس َ ِم َ َك َوَِبِ ْا ً � ِب ََر ِ ْاُہلل ِبِ ْا َ ْن ِْیْ َض َرَ We are pleased with Allah as our Lord and with you as the Messiah and Mahdi. ” At this, His Holiness as brought his address to a close as well. 1 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 6, no. 44, dated 10 December 1902, pp. 1-2 p. 418