Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 574
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 574 [by Rumi] د � ي ٓان یبن وتق ابدش اے رم� [‘O Disciple! He shall be the Prophet of the Age’]. Muhy-ud-Din ibn Arabi has also written the very same. Hazrat Mujaddid [Alf Sani] has also expressed the same belief. Now, would you call all of them disbelievers? Rest assured that this system of prophethood shall remain established till the Day of Judgement. Need for a Mujaddid Upon hearing this the person from the Frontier asked, ‘What deficiency was left in the Faith for the completion of which you have come?’ The Promised Messiah as said: There is no deficiency in the commandments. Salat , Qiblah , Zakat, and the Kalimah are the same. With the lapse of time, observance of these dictates slackens. Many people become unmindful of the Oneness of God. Then He raises a person from Himself who helps the people reaffirm themselves upon the Shariah once again. Slackness creeps in with the lapse of a 100 years. About 100,000 Muslims have renounced their faith, yet—in your opinion—there is no need for anyone. People are abandoning the Quran, they have no regard for the Sunnah [practice of the Holy Prophet s as ], they have taken their own customs to be their religion and yet, still—in your estimation—there is no need for anyone. Upon hearing this the person said, ‘At that time all will be disbelievers. Only thirty or forty believers will have been left. ’ The Promised Messiah as asked, ‘Will all those who fight together with the Mahdi [the Guided One] be disbelievers?’