Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 417
24 September 1905 417 The True Objective The Promised Messiah as said: My Jam a ‘at should not be content with mere hollow words. This is not the true objective. Self-purification and reform are necessary for which Almighty Allah has appointed me. 1 The Reality of a Dream In order to set forth the philosophy of dreams, the editor of al- H akam [the newspaper] has published a letter of the Promised Messiah, peace and blessings be on him, in the margin. This letter is addressed to Mir Abbas ‘Ali. ( Maktub a t, volume 1, p. 8–10) and is as follows (Compiler):. . ِمْسِب ِهّٰللا ِنٰمْحَّرلا ِمْيِحَّرلا ِمْسِب ِهّٰللا ِنٰمْحَّرلا ِمْيِحَّرلا ْلِہ ِ الْكَرِیْم. َو ُ نَحْمَدُہ ٗ وَنُصَلِّی ْ عَلٰی رَس ْلِہ ِ الْكَرِیْم. َو ُ نَحْمَدُہ ٗ وَنُصَلِّی ْ عَلٰی رَس [In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. We praise Him and invoke His blessings upon His Noble Messenger. ] My Dear and Respected One, Allah’s blessings be upon you. Peace be on you and Allah’s mercy and His blessings. The indications from your dream do appear to be that, God willing, the dream will prove to be good and true. However, in order for the subject of a dream to come from the realm of potentiality to within the realm of actuality, a lot of hard work is required. The events shown in a dream are like the water that is located under thousands of tons of soil. There is no doubt 1. Al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 35, p. 5–12, dated 10 October 1905 Letter of the Promised Messiah as