Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 155
26 January 1908 155 to come and its time was near. Does it mean that it is only a matter of a few more years?’ The Promised Messiah as replied: This is also in the Quran: 1 ِتَبَرَتْقِا ُةَعاَّسلا ِتَبَرَتْقِا ُةَعاَّسلا And there are some other similar verses, so you can understand what is the meaning of ‘near’? The Signs of the nearness of the Hour have been mani- fested from which it is clear that this is the last age. Whenever the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, experienced any calamitous event, he used to say that the Day of Judgement has come. The Sign Inspires Awe through its Own Grandeur A person mentioned one of the revelations of Promised Messiah as which stated, ‘We shall celebrate on the 27th, so on the 27th of this month it rained and people celebrated. ’ The Promised Messiah as said: These are formalities which I do not desire. A Sign from Allah is such that the hearts proclaim involuntarily, and even the enemies shout out that this affair has taken place. Although it is impossible that the enemy concede it through his tongue, a Sign is that which inspires awe through its own grandeur. 1. The Hour has drawn nigh ( S u rah al-Qamar, 54:2). [Publisher]