Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 456
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 456 1 ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم ىّٰكَزَت ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم ىّٰكَزَت One should study one’s own condition a great deal and not even desire such things. If only from a seed having been sown, a man imagines that he is a Messenger, he will stumble. 2 Here the matter is something altogether different, and its conditions and signs are unique. Great wisdom is required at this juncture. Before the Battle of Badr, a woman saw in a dream that goats were being slaughtered. On hearing this Ab u Jahl said, ‘Another prophetess has appeared in our home. ’ It is desired that a person should look at his own condition and look to the relationship that he has with God, and reflect over his own self as to what extent has his practical condition improved; not that he has experienced a true dream. This phe- nomena keeps occurring in the world anyhow. God Almighty says that even the Pharaoh saw a dream, and Prophet Joseph, peace be on him, had also interpreted the dream of the king of the time. There are many in our Jam a ‘at who write down and send their great and extensive revelations, and relate their lengthy, drawn-out dreams and visions, yet seeing their con- dition, I am apprehensive that they may stumble. Compared to them, the simple-natured people are better. In short, one should not have this sort of desire. 3 1. Verily, he truly prospers who purifies himself ( S u rah al-A‘l a , 87:15). [Publisher] 2. From Badr: One who relies on their dreams, will stumble and perish. There is plenty of wisdom required here. I had the same feeling about Il a h i Bakhsh and eventually the same result was seen. ( Badr, vol. 6, no. 40, p. 6, dated 3 October 1907) 3. Al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 36, p. 8–9, dated 10 October 1907