Tadhkirah — Page 903
1906 903 H usain of Batala) at the last moment that he was not in the right. Allah is Gentle and Merciful. We have made the iron soft for you. I shall come to you suddenly with My hosts. I shall respond along with the Messenger and will postpone or cancel My decree at certain times and will fulfil it at other times. 1092 They will ask: ‘Whence have you obtained this status’? Tell them: Allah is Wonderful. A yel 1093 came to me and chose me and rotated his fingers and signified that the promise of Allah had arrived. Then blessed is he who finds it and sees it. Various kinds of diseases will spread and many lives will be lost in different calamities. I shall stand with My Messenger and shall break the fast and also observe it. 1094 I 1092 The words of this divine revelation literally means that: At times, I will fault and at times be right; meaning that sometimes I will do as I wish and at other times I will not. And sometimes my intent would be achieved, and other times not. Such words do occur in the Word of God Almighty. As a h ad i th narrates [that Allah the Almighty says]: ‘At times, I hesitate to take the soul of a believer;’ whereas Allah is free from hesitation. This revelation that ‘Sometimes My intent is achieved and others not’ has a similar import. It means that sometimes I cancel My intent and decree, and others it is fulfilled as I desire. [ H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , p. 103 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, p. 106 footnote] 1093 Here Allah the Almighty has named Gabriel as A yel, because he visits often. [ H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , p. 103 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in vol. 22, p. 106 footnote] 1094 It is obvious that Allah the Almighty is free from keeping fast and breaking it. Therefore, these words cannot be attributed to Him in their literal sense. Hence it is only a figure of speech. The import is that ‘Sometimes I shall send My chastisement and sometimes I shall grant a respite like a person who sometimes eats and at other times keeps fast and stays away from eating’. Such figures of speech abound in the Word of God, as there is a h ad i th that Allah will say on the Day of Judgment: ‘I was sick, I was hungry, I was naked… [ H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , p. 104 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in vol. 22, p. 107 footnote]