Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 349
1 May 1908 349 The True Objective of Khulafa and Reformers It was asked, ‘What is the purpose of the advent of a Khalifah ?’ The Promised Messiah as replied: ‘Reformation. ’ Look, this human race started with Hazrat Adam as. After an extended time, when the practical conduct of human beings deteriorated and man—having forgotten the true purpose of life and the real objective of Divine scripture—fell away from the path of righteousness, Allah the Exalted, out of His sheer mercy, guided the world and brought it out from the pit of mis- guidance through a Messenger and Appointee. The glorious majesty [of God] showed its lustre and the light of cognizance [of God] was established in the world like a brilliant lamp. Faith was transformed into a brilliant and luminous faith. In short, this has been the practice of Allah the Exalted since eternity, that after the passage of some time people forget the teachings of an earlier Prophet and thereby lose the path of rectitude, the wherewithal of faith, and the light of Divine cognizance. A perilous darkness of misguidance, error, vice, and transgression encompasses the world from all four sides. It is then that the attributes of Allah the Exalted are roused and the name of God, His Tauhid [the Oneness of God], and His sub- lime excellences are made known anew in the world through a great man of extraordinary rank. Clear proofs of the exist- ence of God Almighty are thus provided through thousands of Signs and it so happens that the cognizance of God, right- eousness, and piety—that had been lost—become established in the world and a grand revolution takes place. In short, this Movement of mine has been established in accordance with this ancient practice of God.