Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 205
7 March 1908 205 7 March 1908 (During a walk) Truth about the Change in the Qiblah Some Arya raised the objection that the Prophet s as was, God forbid, not certain and sure about his own wahi and ilhamat [revelations] and that was the reason why the direction of Qiblah [the direction faced during Prayer] was changed. The Promised Messiah as said: These ignorant people do not understand that Allah the Exalted had the direction of Qiblah changed and these revo- lutionary things happen in order to show that the Muslims do not worship the Ka‘bah. By making Muslims face away from both of these sacred places [at one time or another]—either of which could have been adopted by some people at some stage as the object of worship due to their esteem and respect—God demonstrated publicly that the Muslims are truly the worship- pers of Allah and not the worshippers of the Ka‘bah. And yet, these people continue to accuse Muslims that they worship al-Hajar al-Aswad [the Black Stone (installed in one corner of the Ka‘bah)]. It is obvious that one must face some direction during wor- ship. One person likes one direction out of his own desire and the other turns his face in a specific direction on the command of Allah. Who is the better of these two? One follows the com- mand of Allah and the other follows his own self. So why aren’t