Tadhkirah — Page 1012
1012 Thereafter, there was a revelation which I am not permitted to disclose. It is possible that permission might be given later. Its first sentence is: [Urdu] Pay attention, I present to you a very secret matter. [Badr, vol. 6, no. 46, November 10, 1907, p. 2 and al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 40, November 10, 1907, p. 3] [About the same prophecy, the Promised Messiah [as] wrote in a letter to Navv a b Muhammad ‘Al i ra ] (One) awe-inspiring matter which keeps me sorrowful is a prophecy that has been conveyed to me several times by God Almighty. I have not disclosed it to anyone except my wife. One part of it applies both to you 1203 and me. I continue to supplicate earnestly that God might be pleased something, ‘whether you do it or not’, a special revelation about it seems unnecessary. I believe that in addition to the above meaning, there is fine point made in this revelation. It points to the appearance of the Promised Messiah as. The appearance of the Prophets is an ‘ I d [festival]. That is, by their appearance, the days of the manifestation of God’s grace descend upon the earthy and the seed of progress is sown. The seed grows slowly into such a big tree that the whole world benefits from its fruits and shade. But many people fail to recognize that ‘ I d and turns themselves aside. … The sentence points toward that ‘ I d of the appearance of the Promised Messiah as. It does not mean that it does not make any difference whether you celebrate or not. But it is like the expression: ‘He is truthful; whether you agree or not. ’ Meaning that the blessing has been made available; it is up to the people to benefit from it or not. … In this revelation Allah the Almighty has stated a deep psychological point. To celebrate the festival depends upon the inner feelings of man, and the mere availability of means is not all. Rather it is essential that those means be put to use. [al-Fa d l, vol. 16, no. 73, March 19, 1929, p. 5, ‘ I d Sermon of March 13, 1929] 1203 Refers to Navv a b Muhammad ‘Al i Kh a n [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]