Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 575
25 May 1908 575 What Reformation have You Accomplished? The person then asked, ‘What reformation have you accomplished?’ The Promised Messiah as said: Look, more than 400,000 people have repented at my hand from impiety, immorality, many other sins, and false beliefs. Indulgence in impiety and immorality is like becoming a disbe- liever. Not a day goes by that many come to repent. Turning to Allah in every matter is a monumental thing. To be a Muslim is not just what you think it to be. To carry out a virtuous deed is an extremely difficult task. Pretentiousness nullifies a deed. In this day and age, it is hard to act with sincerity. People are focused on materialism. A Reformer has been promised at the beginning of every century to correct these kinds of errors, and to help people develop a focus on God. If there was no need for a Reformer at the head of every cen- tury, and—according to you—the Holy Quran and the scholars were sufficient, then an objection arises against the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. People still go to Hajj [the Pilgrimage], pay the Zakat, and keep the Fasts. Even then the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said there would be a Mujaddid [Reformer] every 100 years. Even the opponents accept this. The prophecy would prove to be false if there was no need for one at this time. Do not just look at the visible; no one knows the unseen except God: 1 َنْيِذَّلا ْمُه ْنَع ْمِهِتاَلَص َنْوُهاَس ٌلْيَوَف َنْيِّلَصُمْلِّل۰۰۠ َنْيِذَّلا ْمُه ْنَع ْمِهِتاَلَص َنْوُهاَس ٌلْيَوَف َنْيِّلَصُمْلِّل۰۰۠ 1. S u rah al-M a’u n, 107:5–6 [Publisher]