Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 255
31 March 1908 255 The Promised Messiah as said: I do not see any reason to justify it. He should accept whatever loss has been incurred and consider it as a loss in the way of Allah and repent from this sin for the future. Allah the Exalted is the One who gives reward. This, in essence, is a form of gambling. 1 31 March 1908 (Before Zuhr Prayer) The Need for Striving and Devotional Exercises Pir Abdullah Shah, resident of Pind Sahib Khan, District Attock, is a respected deputy of Pir Mehr Ali Shah of Golara, who also has been given the authority by Pir Sahib to accept the Pledge of Allegiance on his behalf. He had been visiting Qadian for the past two or three days. He very respectfully addressed the Promised Messiah as today seek- ing the truth and to satisfy his heart and stated that: ‘The servants of God are accompanied by Divine Signs [in their support] and you, too, 1. Al- H akam, vol. 12, no. 25, p. 1, dated 6 April 1908