Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 456
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 456 baba chittu— No, I cannot go. Please, you go. This com- mandment is there, no doubt, but there is no hardship involved in the journey, so why not observe the Fast? the promised messiah as — This is your own opinion. The Holy Quran has not mentioned anything about hardship or lack thereof. You are very old now. Life cannot be relied upon. A person should adopt the path that pleases Allah the Exalted and leads to the straight path. baba chittu— The only reason I have come is to get some benefit from you. If this is the right path, it should not be that I die in [a state of ] negligence. the promised messiah as — Yes, this is very good. Let me come back after a short walk. Please make yourself comfortable. (After saying this, the Promised Messiah as went for a walk. ) 1 (Before noon) Reconciliation is Best Khw a ja Sahib mentioned a dispute between two brothers in the pres- ence of His Holiness, H ujjatull a h, the Promised Messiah, may peace and blessings be upon him. It is not against human nature to have con- flict. It happens even among real brothers, and the difference in human dispositions, which is a plain and clear proof of the existence of God Almighty, necessarily leads to an occasional conflict due to a difference 1. Al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 4, p. 14, dated 31 January 1907