Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 514
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 514 However, a Muslim will say with great courage and confi- dence, ‘I believe in the God who is endowed with all the per- fect attributes and is free from all evils and defects. He is Rabb [the Lord]. He is Ra h m a n [the Gracious] who bestows without being asked. He does not allow the fruits of genuine efforts to perish. He is the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining, the Most Merciful God. He bestows eternal salvation. His favour shall never be cut off. ’ So when a Muslim describes the attributes of his God, he will never be embarrassed. And this is the grace of God Almighty upon us. There are so many other similar things. In short, having believed in the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, we shall never be embar- rassed in front of anyone. Miracles of Jesus Christ Dowie has thoroughly exposed the true nature of the Messiah’s miracles. He claims that he also cures diseases in the same way that Yas u‘ Mas ih [ Jesus Christ] used to do. And the strangest thing is that he is not ashamed when a person does not get well; rather, he says that Yas u‘ Mas ih , too, could not cure such and such a person. Curing an illness is not something one can boast about. The Jews also used to cure diseases in that age. There have been many people in India of this type, and even in this age there are thou- sands of heretics and atheists who can cure diseases because it is an art and a skill for which it is not even necessary that the prac- titioner of this art believes in God or has pious conduct. Just as righteous conduct and godliness are not prerequisites for acquiring other forms of learning, it is not needed for this one either. That is, if a person practices the rules of mathematics,