Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 144
144 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 The Paradise of Ādam A question from a person was presented before His Holinessas that the people who shall enter Paradise will not be removed from there, then why were Adam and Eve expelled? The Promised Messiahas responded: The paradise from which Adam was expelled was here on earth. In fact, the Torah even mentions its boundaries. Quranic texts also prove that this very earth is all man has to live and die. Any person who believes otherwise, disrespects the word of God Almighty. ¹ UNDATED The Zakat Due on a Loan A question of an individual was presented before the Promised Messiahas: Is it obligatory to pay Zakāt on funds lent to a person? The Promised Messiahas replied, 'No. 1. Badr, vol. 6, no. 8, p. 4-5, dated 21 February 1907