Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 20
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 20 is also the One who annihilates. He is forever the Creator and He forever obliterates creation as well. A Muslim believes in the eternality of kind, not in the eternality of individual form. This means that Islam teaches that we do not know what forms existed before and what did not. Contrarily holding a belief in the eternality of individual form would lead to atheism. 1 26 December 1906 Speech of the Promised Messiah, peace and blessings of Allah be on him (Delivered standing in the Central Mosque after Z uhr & ‘A s r) Now gentlemen, listen attentively! Although I am feel- ing unwell and I am unfit to be standing to deliver a lengthy address, I considered that people have come from afar to hear my words. Not to say anything in such circumstances would be a sin; therefore, despite my illness, I thought it appropriate to inform 2 all people about the guidance that God Almighty has bestowed upon me. 1. Badr, vol. 2, no. 52, p. 3–5, dated 27 December 1906 2. From Badr: ‘provide guidance’ ( Badr, vol. 6, nos. 1, 2, p. 11, dated 10 January 1907).