Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 399
Undated 399 for causing harm to my feet. And all these goals that I want to achieve can only be achieved through prayer. Prayer has extraordinary powers. It is said that once a king went out to invade a country. On the way, an ascetic grabbed hold of his horse’s bridle and said, ‘Do not advance further; otherwise, I will fight with you. ’ The king was surprised and asked, ‘How will you fight me when you do not possess any wherewithal to do so?’ The ascetic replied, ‘I will fight against you with the weapon of morning prayers. ’ The king said that he could not compete with this, and saying this, he returned. In short, God Almighty has placed great powers in prayer. God has repeatedly told me through revelations that whatever will happen will happen only through prayer. My only weapon is prayer, and I have no other weapon besides that. Whatever I ask for in secret, God makes it manifest by bringing it about. In the time of the previous Prophets, God punished some oppo- nents through the Prophets, but God knows that I am frail and weak, so He has taken all my work into His own hands. This is the only way for Islam now that a dull mullah or philosopher cannot understand. If the way of fighting had been open to us, all the resources for it would have been provided as well. When my prayers reach that particular point, the liars will be destroyed on their own. The black-hearted foolish enemy says I have nothing to do but sleep and eat, but I perceive no weapon sharper than prayer. Fortunate, indeed, is the one who understands the path by which God wants to bring about the progress of the Faith. 1 1. Badr, vol. 2, no. 25, p. 4, dated 21 June 1906