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210 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 20 MARCH 1907 Supplication should be Comprehensive A member submitted for the attainment of a specific objective. The Promised Messiahas said: Supplicate [in the words] that the matter that is better in the estimation of Allah the Exalted should come to pass because sometimes man prays to God Almighty for a specific thing con- sidering it better for himself. He attains it but other evil arises from it that is greater than the previous evil. Therefore, a suppli- cation should be comprehensive. I pray for you that God keep you safe and, in truth, it is He alone who keeps one safe. The Second Advent of Jesus as The Promised Messiahas said: Jesus as came to the earth once, the result of which was that tens of millions of people became idolaters in the world. What will he accomplish by coming again that people are desirous of his return?1 1. Badr, vol. 6, no. 19, p. 5, dated 9 May 1907