Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 539
17 May 1908 539 God in abundance are called Muhaddath and Prophets. 1 In any case, I ask if one receives news from God and conveys it to the world, what do you propose to call him in the Arabic language other than a Prophet? It is strange that if the purport of this word is explained in Urdu or Punjabi, they accept it, but if the same is presented in the Arabic language, they hate and reject it. Is this anything but prejudice? There is one last thing and I deem it necessary to explain. These people might have deceived even the educated and civ- ilized people in this matter, and might have tried to alienate them against me. Therefore, I consider it advisable to make it clear to you that God has sent me for the renewal of the Faith with His support and help by giving me fresh Signs. You should know for sure that if God had not sent me, this religion would also have become caged within ancient stories and anecdotes like other religions. One who comes from God is not allowed to perish. Ultimately, God makes his success manifest to the world. These people have made use of lies, fabrications, false accu- sations, and many other machinations to slander me. They have tried very hard to make people entertain doubts about me and to halt my progress. Nonetheless, with the power of Allah I con- tinued to make progress despite all this, and this is continuing so much so that there are now more than 400,000 members of my Jama’at present in different countries. The fact is that, when sensible people understand that this is the only way to prevail against the enemy, they firmly embrace it with a sincere heart. 1. Following is the report in Badr: Hazrat Mujaddid Sirhindi also believes in such communications. If someone makes a prophecy upon receiving the news from God, what would it be called in the Arabic language other than prophet- hood? ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 25, p. 9, 25 June 1908)