Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 165
26 November 1905 165 Truly Righteous is only He about whom God Bears Witness After this remembrance of Maulaw i Sahib, Syed Am i r ‘Ali Shah men- tioned Jam a ‘at ‘Ali, that he presents this death [of Maulaw i ‘Abdul- Kar i m] occurring due to his prophecy. Concerning this, the Promised Messiah as said: No one can remain safe from death and dying. The Prophets, peace be upon them, also died. Deriding them and such a man- ner of bragging is not good. Shias also say the same thing. If this is what prophecies and excellences amount to, then they should also acknowledge the excellence of Yaz i d. Alas, these people do not realize that only the one about whom God bears witness is truly righteous. Moreover, God should deal with him distinctively at the time of any Divine wrath. Pharaoh and his people faced destruction in the time of Moses, peace be on him, but Allah the Exalted saved Moses and those who were with him. This type of discussion continued. Then the plague was mentioned. The Promised Messiah as narrated the earlier vision about the elephant and finally said that indeed his revelation is: ِّرُوْا مَا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ. ی َ ُغ ی ی ّٰ ِّر ُ مَا بِقَوْم ٍ حَت ی ُغَ ی َ اْل هّٰللَّٰ َّ ا اِن ِّرُوْا مَا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ. ی َ ُغ ی ی ّٰ ِّر ُ مَا بِقَوْم ٍ حَت ی ُغَ ی َ اْل هّٰللَّٰ َّ ا اِن Unless there is complete change and reformation, this punishment of God Almighty will not be averted. 1 1. Al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 42, p. 2, dated 30 November 1905