Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 494
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 494 19 October 1907 (During the walk) The Need for a Mujaddid [Reformer] The Promised Messiah as said: Various Signs, the prevailing condition of the age, and it being the head of the century, all prove the need for a Mujaddid [Reformer]. The task of a Reformer is to transform his age and eliminate the greatest corruption of the time. And he appears for the necessary reformation according to the age. It is appar- ent that in this age there is no greater evil than, on one side, a humble man is deified and considered to be the creator of the heaven and earth, and on the other hand, a true Prophet, who came as the greatest proponent of Tau hi d [the Oneness of God], God forbid, is declared a liar. This is the evil that turned hundreds of thousands of peo- ple away from the worship of God to idolising man. And with its effect, many people became atheists, and the love of Tau hi d dissipated from their hearts, and only Islam’s name remained. All the young and the old were being affected by this great evil. Therefore, the Imam and the Reformer that God Almighty was to send for the reformation of this age and to match this evil, He named him the Messiah to combat this evil as it was the adherents of Prophet Jesus as who brought up this evil through their immorality. Hence, it was necessary that to safeguard the age from this evil, someone be raised with the same name. Due to this wisdom, the name of the Reformer and Imam of this century was given as the Promised Messiah.