Tadhkirah — Page 217
1889 1889 God the Almighty addressed me and said that. . . [Urdu] Present yourself before God the Almighty with all your faculties and do not leave your Noble Lord alone. He who leaves Him alone will be left alone. [Ishtih a r Takm i l-e-Tabligh, January 12, 1889, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, pp. 191–192] March 1889 I have been told that some of the benefits and advantages of the covenant of bai‘at— that are appointed for all of you— depend upon the arrangement that the blessed names of all of you should be entered in a register together with the names of your fathers and your permanent and present residences, along with a brief description (if possible). [The Announcement of an Important Matter, March 4, 1889, included in Iz a la-e-Auh a m, part 2, pp. 845–846, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 3, p. 558 and Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, p. 193] 1889 God, the Lord of Glory and Honour, is greatly pleased with this arrangement, whereby a large group of the righteous— strung together on the same string—will make its magnificent appearance to other people in the form of a collective unity, and will display the rays of its righteousness—drawn from various sources—in one continuous line. [The Announcement of an Important Matter, March 4, 1889, included in Iz a la-e-Auh a m, part 2, p. 847, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 3, p. 559 and Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, p. 194]