Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 343
13 September 1905 343 13 September 1905 The Condition of the People of this Age The Promised Messiah as said: Some people may be happy that they prayed and it rained, but their prayers do not merit value because this was simply crying at the time of an affliction. After the trouble is removed, that same callousness is found in them [as before]. One should not be happy about such rain either. What I have come to know from Divine wa hi is that it is not a safe time for this age, and it is true that if God does not send these calamities, then religion will not fare well. There are three types of people: the elite, the middle class, and the ordinary. The elite are becoming atheists. They do not care about religion. Instead, they ridicule and mock religion. The middle class people are subservient to the elite, and the ordinary people are like savages. The whole world is in a bad state right now. Those engaged in court cases are busy produc- ing false witnesses. If he is a landlord, he has abandoned the Shariah. If he is employed, he does not discharge the duties of his employment. If he is a businessman, he is engaged in various types of deception in his trade. God will never be pleased with them nor will these calamities be removed from their heads until people adopt taqw a [righteousness]. 1 1. Badr, vol. 1, no. 24, p. 2, dated 14 September 1905; al- H a k am, vol. 9, no. 33, p. 5, dated 17 September 1905