Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 360
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 360 On the second day, this revelation came expressing the accept- ance of this prayer. Allah the Exalted Himself makes one make a supplication, and then Himself accepts it. The Requirement of Good Manners Dr Noor Muhammad mentioned that a person in Lahore who belongs to our Jam a ‘at said to him that some faq i r in Patiala had predicted that an earthquake would occur on such and such a date, and that date is near. I told him not to pay any attention to it at all. Allah the Exalted had sent His Messenger. Until something is heard from him, nothing else should be relied upon. The Promised Messiah as said: This is indeed the requirement of good manners. To believe in the words of such people who walk around as faq i rs is a form of atheism and a departure from the Faith. Allah the Exalted desires to bring all people into one circle and inform all oth- ers through it. So bringing another person in the middle and believing that he has been informed of the day of the earth- quake is the basis of shirk [associating partners with Allah]. When I received the revelation about the earthquake, we went into the tents, and now, when the news of its delay was given, we returned to our houses. Just as Allah the Exalted appreciates the smallest things, so is He sternly watchful of the minutest details. Such is the point. Sometimes a person thinks a thing to be minor, but that thing spurs the displeasure of Almighty Allah. A New Composition The Promised Messiah as said: ‘I have started writing a new treatise called Haqiqatul-Wahi [ The Philosophy of Divine Revelation ]. Some