Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 479
15 May 1908 479 God Continues to Speak Then, I hold the difference with these Muslims that I believe God will continue to have converse and dialogue with the peo- ple of this Ummah till the Day of Judgement. This is verily the truth, for this has been exactly the belief held by all the saints of this Ummah. Remember it well that the religion of Islam is not such a faith whose excellences have been left behind and for which nothing lies for it in the future. If this was so and it, too, depended only on ancient anecdotes, then tell me what differ- ence would remain between it and the other religions? If there is any distinguishing quality in Islam, then it is that its followers are honoured with Divine converse and discourse. There are other religions that believe in dry monotheism as well—the Jews and Brahmu Samaj, for example. It can be asked what is the benefit of reciting ِ سُوْل ُ هللا َّ مُحَمَّد ٌ ر ِ سُوْل ُ هللا َّ مُحَمَّد ٌ ر [‘Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’] together with ُ ل َٓ إِلٰه َ إِل َّ هللا ُ ل َٓ إِلٰه َ إِل َّ هللا [‘There is no one worthy of worship except Allah’]? The benefit is, of course, that following our lord and master Muhammad s as , and testifying to the truth of his being the Messenger of Allah, makes one the beloved of Allah the Exalted, and heir to the rewards that were bestowed upon the previous Prophets. In other words, He will bestow a distinction upon you. That is why it is stated that 1 ْمُكَّل اًناَقْرُف ْلَعْجَيْلَعْجَي ْمُكَّل اًناَقْرُف. That is, He will bestow a distinguishing quality upon you. Therefore, it is nec- essary that there should be a distinction between it [Islam] and other religions in this very world. I do not mention my own case. Keeping my issue aside, can someone explain to me that if Islam also had brought the same dry monotheism that the Jews have and that the Brahmu Samajists subscribe to, then what was the need to put [upon 1. He will grant you a distinction ( S u rah al-Anf a l, 8:30). [Publisher]