Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 186
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 186 The Promised Messiah as said: The one now coming in view ahead is even greater in severity than this one, but the state of the people is such that they still do not refrain from ridiculing and mocking. The day of God shall suddenly appear. Maulaw i Noor-ud-Deen submitted that the Gospels say that it would come like a thief. The Promised Messiah as said: That is correct, but the word ‘thief ’ does not embellish it any. There is a very appropriate word in the Holy Quran, ً ًة َ َت ْ ْغ َ َب ً ًة َ َت ْ ْغ َ َب [ baghtatan ], which means it will come suddenly without any forewarning. The Promised Messiah as said: Perhaps its coming may be somewhat delayed so that people may thoroughly indulge in audacity and meticulously amass the essentials of chastisement for themselves. Then suddenly this calamity will befall them. 1 1. Badr, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 8, dated 27 April 1905