Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 145
10 March 1905 145 promised messiah as — The point is that when there is the pull of pure souls, a helper and supporter also comes into being. The hearts of the Companions ra were good, so Allah the Exalted created a Messenger for them. Similarly, it is said that the very mystery behind the migration from Makkah to Madinah was the pull of the hearts worthy of reform there. 1 10 March 1905 (Night time) A Noble Striving for the Elderly One gentleman said, ‘For a long time, my heart has desired to expe- rience the state in which a kashf [vision] is revealed. Although I am aware from the knowledge I possess that to attain this is not in any way an excellence, this thought never seems to go away. So please can you intercede for me?’ The Promised Messiah, peace be on him, said: This relates to striving and spiritual exercises, but now your age seems unsuitable to endure these. During one’s prime, a person can undertake such strivings and spiritual practices that can quickly lead to this state, but in old age, the faculties become weak; the stomach is unable to function properly. Hence, one cannot persevere with these strivings. If there is a practice 1. Al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 24, p. 9–10, dated 10 July 1905