Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 435
9 September 1906 435 with us is that the material is hardly available even if a small magazine needs to be printed. In short, we cannot achieve victory through material wealth, power, and effort. Instead, our weapon is only prayer and attention to Allah. This onerous campaign will only be accomplished by the magnificent means of prayer. Dr ‘Abdul- H ak i m objects foolishly that I am just sitting around in one place; why am I not making rounds city by city? This is his mistake. If I had believed that travelling among coun- tries could be beneficial, I would have done it. In the Noble Hadith, it is mentioned about the Dajj a l [Antichrist] that: 1 ْ قِتَالِھِم ِّ َِحَد ٍ ل اْل ِ َ یَدَان اْل ْ قِتَالِھِم ِّ َِحَد ٍ ل اْل ِ َ یَدَان اْل. No one will have hands to fight with him. We cannot fight this Dajj a l with earthly means because he has many worldly means. We must have some superior weapon he does not have; then, we can win. The love of the world dominates the people beyond all limits. This is what I want to remove, and this is indeed the most difficult task. It is written that the last thing that departs from the self is the love of the world. There is no way of success for us except by heavenly power. The Promised Messiah as said: Allah the Exalted taught us this supplication in S u rah al-F a ti h ah: O Allah, do not make us among the Magh du b Alaihim [those who have incurred Your displeasure] nor of those who are Da l i n [gone astray]. Here, it is worth noting that both of these ultimately come back to Jesus. Magh du b Alaihim are the people who went to extremes in the enmity of Jesus and in causing him pain and suffering of every kind. 1. In S a hih Muslim this hadith is as follows: ْ َحَد ٍ بِقِتَالِهِم ِأ اْل ِ َدَان ی َ اْل ْ َحَد ٍ بِقِتَالِهِم ِأ اْل ِ َدَان ی َ اْل ( S a hīh Muslim, Kit ā b al-Fitan wa Ashr ā t as-S ā ‘ah, B ā bu Dhikr ad-Dajj ā l wa S ifatihi wa m ā Ma‘ahu, Hadith 7373). [Publisher]