Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 251
Malfuzat - Volume III 251 Destiny refers to their time of pure communion with God. All times are not the same. On certain occasions, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would say: أَرِحْنَا يَا عَائِشَةُ Meaning, O Ayeshah, give me comfort and joy. However, on other occasions, he would become wholly engaged in supplication. As Sa'di says: وقتے چنیں بو دے کہ بجبرئیل و میکائیل پر داخته و دیگر وقت با حفصه و زینب در ساخته At times the Holy Propheťa would be engaged with Gabrielas and Michaelas, and on other occasions he would be busy assisting Hafsaha and Zainaba. The closer a person grows to God, the more such a time of pure communion can be experienced. The fourth condition is that a person prays for as long as is required, until Allah the Exalted informs them through a dream or revelation. One who possesses love and sincerity must not be hasteful, but rather, ought to wait with patience. "1 A Dream On the 26th or 27th of August 1901, or thereabouts, the Promised Messiahas said: "I have seen a dream in which a person has vomited, and he is covering it up with a cloth. " The Miracles of the Saints A certain individual in whose family there has been a line of Sufi leaders for quite some time, with thousands of disciples, and who was a spiritual leader himself, but had now abandoned such orders to join this divine community, made a sub- mission to the Promised Messiahas. He said: "During our time as Sufi leaders, we were renowned for our 'miracles, even though these had been falsely attributed to us. We had many disciples and followers. On one occasion, I mentioned to my brother, and this fear had crossed my mind many times in the past, that the miracles for which our father is renowned are most probably the same in nature as those attributed to us. Then, we began to think that this was probably the same for Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Jilanith and other saints as well. Hence, I became firmer 1 Al-Hakam, vol. 5, no. 32, dated 31 August 1901. pp. 13-14