Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 204
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 204 and who is His creation, and in whose deficiencies and excesses there is a part that is due to his nature, that God should punish him in such a way that he should never attain salvation from it. This is the belief of the Aryas that there is no salvation for man ever, and he will continue to be reincarnated, but it is not known when the hundreds of thousands of tens of millions of insects and bugs will turn human. There are hundreds of germs in each drop. How merciful is the Parmeshwar of the Aryas that the worst of times have dawned but the means for man’s salva- tion have still not come into being. 1 UNDATED Calling the Adh a n in the Ear of a Child H ak i m Muhammad ‘Umar from Firozpur inquired, ‘When a child is born, Muslims call the Adh a n in its ear. Is this practice in accordance with the Shariah or is it merely a custom?’ The Promised Messiah as responded: This practice is proven from the Hadith. 2 Moreover, the words said in the ears at that time have a certain impact on the morals 1. Badr , vol. 6, no. 13, p. 4, dated 28 March 1907 2. In Sunan at-Tirmidh i, Kit a bul-A dahi ‘An - Ras u lill a h i s allall a hu ‘alaihi wa sallam, B a bul-Adh a ni f i ’Udhunil-Maul u d, Hadith 1514; it is written as: ِ ن َ وَلَدَتْه ُ فَاطِمَة ُ بِالص َّاَلَة ی ِ أَذَّن َ فِي أُذُن ِ الحَسَن ِ بْن ِ عَلِي ٍّ ح ِ ن َ وَلَدَتْه ُ فَاطِمَة ُ بِالص َّاَلَة ی ِ أَذَّن َ فِي أُذُن ِ الحَسَن ِ بْن ِ عَلِي ٍّ ح. [Publisher]