Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 305
10 August 1905 305 A Sign of Extraordinary Weather There is dust and pollution in the sky. There was mention of the lack of rain and the weather being unusual. The Promised Messiah as said: One day, seeing the intense heat and the panic of the people, I was going to pray, but then I thought that Allah the Exalted was doing what He was doing in my support. If the plague were to end today, and we become safe against earthquakes, and the crops ripen well, then the only task of the people upon find- ing peace will be to occupy themselves in abusing me. God Almighty has said that He will manifest my truth with pow- erful assaults. These are His assaults. So, why should I pray for these assaults to stop? My comfort does not lie in the comfort of the world. Whatever happens is happening only for me; this has always been His habit. What sorrow do I have when God is the custodian of all my affairs? Whatever happens will be a Sign. 1 The meaning of ْ ت َ ل َ خ ْ د َقَ ْ ت َ ل َ خ ْ د َقَ —[ qad khalat —‘verily have passed away’] has been given in this verse itself by َ ل ِ َت ُ َق ْ و َ ا َ ت ا َ م ْ ن ٕ ى ۡ ا َ ِف َ ا َ ل ِ َت ُ َق ْ و َ ا َ ت ا َ م ْ ن ٕ ى ۡ ا َ ِف َ ا [ afa ’ in-m a ta a u qutila —‘if then he die or be slain’]. Is ascension with the physical body also written somewhere in this? So, in the same way that a person who loses their sense of smell is unable to detect fragrances, those who have taken Jesus the Messiah to the heavens in his physical body have lost their ability to discern matters of faith. If this belief is correct, then the situation is rather precarious, for this very belief has been declared as the foundation stone for his Divinity. ( Al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 29, p. 4, dated 17 August 1905) 1. Badr, vol. 1, no. 20, p. 2, 3, dated 17 August 1905