Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 185
10 January 1900 Malfuzat - Volume II The Engagement of the Promised Messiahas During Ramadan 185 Seth Abdur-Rahman Sahiba of Madras sought permission from the Promised Messiahas to return to Madras for some important work. He had also received a telegram to return. The Promised Messiahas said: "It is absolutely imperative for you to remain here during this blessed month. " The Promised Messiahas also said: "I am ready to make such a prayer in your favour that would even move moun- tains. " Then, he said: "During these days, I sit with my friends less than usual and remain in solitude for longer. This is truly to the benefit of my friends. I pray in seclusion with time and freedom, and spend a better part of the night in prayers. "1 2 February 1900 Islam-a Pure Religion On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Promised Messiahas arranged for a gathering to take place to pray specifically for the success of the British in the Transvaal War, and to inform the Muslims about the rights they owe to the British govern- ment and about their obligations as citizens. In his Eid Sermon, the Promised Messiahas delivered the detailed discourse that follows. His Holiness said: "Mus- lims ought to be extremely thankful to God, Who has granted them a religion that is pure-both in theory and practice-of every form of corruption, abomi- nation and defect. It Is God Almighty Who Is Truly Worthy of Praise If a person reflects closely and deeply, they will find that truly, it is Allah Al- mighty alone to whom all praise and quality belongs, and no human being or any other creation, in the true sense, is really worthy of praise and admiration. If an individual observes, pure of any vested motives, it shall become clearly evident to them that any individual who is declared worthy of praise can only be deserving if at some point in time, when nothing of existence or matter was to be found, they created those things. Another reason could be that in an era when noth- ing existed and when there was no knowledge of the means and elements that are required to bring a thing into existence, preserve it, safeguard its health and 1 Al-Hakam, vol. 4, no. 3, dated 24 January 1900, pp. 1-6