Tadhkirah — Page 607
1902 607 (B) Maul ana ‘Abdul-Kar i m submitted that this was a new name for God Almighty which we had not heard before. The Promised Messiah [as] said: Certainly, and so are the revelations concerning the plague, as for instance: , [that is, I break the fast and observe a fast]. How subtle are these phrases. God seems to be saying that He would adopt two attitudes with regard to the plague. For some time He would be quiet, that is, He would observe fast. And then for a time He would break the fast. This is what we have observed for some years. In the height of summer and in the depth of winter the plague is suppressed, that is the period of the fast; and in the February, March, and October etc. , it rages fiercely, that is the time of the breaking of the fast. This revelation: [Indeed I am the lightning] is of the same type of subtle revelation. [al-Badr, vol. 1, no. 11, January 9, 1903, p. 86] 1902 On December 31, 1902, Wednesday, the Promised Messiah [as] said: On one occasion a sweeper woman swept out the courtyard and left a portion unswept. I was sitting inside and I saw that she had left a portion and drew her attention to it. She was surprised at my noticing it while sitting inside. I expressed my gratitude to God that God had shown me from a distance that which she had failed to see despite her being so close to it. [al-Badr, vol. 1, no. . 11, January. 9, 1903, p. 84]