Tadhkirah — Page 1085
A PPENDIX 1085 He was immediately relieved of the cough. [Friday Sermon of July 10, 1942, al-Fa d l, vol. 30, no. 164, July 17, 1942, p. 3] 1908 [Persian] [ I have committed all my capital to you. You know all about profit and loss. ] [Man s ab-e-Khilafat, p. 40, a speech delivered by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra , on April 12, 1914, Bar a k a t-e-Khilafat, p. 24] 1908 The Promised Messiah as said: God has told me that so long as the management of the public kitchen is in my hands it would continue to run. But that if I were to commit it into their hands, it would be closed down within a few days. 1284 [Friday Sermon delivered by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra on February 12, 1915, al-Fa d l, vol. 2, no. 109, February 25, 1915, p. 6] 1284 Note by Maul ana Abdul Latif Bahawalpuri: The reference is to the people who criticized the expenses of the public kitchen. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra said: When the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was in Lahore, one of the critics wrote a letter to his friend saying that actual expenditure of the public kitchen was much less than its income, and some of the money was spent on the family and friends of the Promised Messiah as. …The letter was sent to Lahore a few days before he passed away, and the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was greatly grieved upon hearing about it. ( al-Fa d l , volume 1, number 50, May 27, 1914, page 21). He said: ‘The writer is totally senseless and un-informed. He should realize that the guests are coming here [in Lahore]. Very few people are visiting Qadian at this time. He should have added the expenses made in Qadian and Lahore. ’ [al-Fa d l, vol. 2, no. 109, February 25, 1915, p. 6]