Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 82
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 82 This states that, the curse is upon those worshippers who are oblivious of the essence of Salat. Indeed, Salat is something which saves one from every kind of evil deed, but as I have mentioned before, it is not in one’s own control to offer this kind of Salat. This kind [of Salat ] can- not be achieved without the help and assistance of God. This kind of pathos and anguish cannot develop unless man keeps supplicating. Therefore, it behoves that none of your days or nights—indeed not even a single moment of your life—should be without supplication. Hard Days are Coming Remember difficult days are ahead in which the world will have to face frightening adversities and calamities. God has informed me that terrible epidemics and various heavenly and earthly calamities are soon to befall. And He has already given the news that there will be a severe earthquake which will be reminiscent of Doomsday, concerning which God has said ً بَغْتَة ً بَغْتَة [ baghtatan ] implying that the earthquake will come sud- denly. There are many other terrifying prophecies that God has already given. If you could know what I am seeing, your days and nights would be consumed crying before God. In this one month, there have been three earthquakes, all of which are a harbinger. 1 In the time of Moses, initially there were only chastisements of locusts, lice, and frogs which the opponents had taken as a 1. From Badr: Allah’s chastisement commences with mildness ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 11, dated 9 January 1908).