Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 216
216 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 The Meaning of Tawaffi The Promised Messiahas said: Master Muhammad Dīn's letter arrived today from Aligarh. He has raised a fine point that the death of Dowie has also been reported in the newspapers of Egypt. One Arabic newspaper has written that Dowie مَاتَ ]mata-'died'] and the other writes that Dowie تونى tawaffi—‘died']. Between them they have given the verdict that tawaffi means māta, but our maulawīs reading the Arabic newspapers, may end up understanding it to mean that Dowie has not died but has ascended to the heavens!¹ 31 MARCH 1907 (During the walk) Fulfilment of a Revelation The Promised Messiahas came out for a walk with his followers around 9 o'clock in the morning. The death of the daughter of Hakim Muhammad Husain Qureshi was mentioned. The Promised Messiahas said: His letters and wires had arrived, and I had prayed for them. 1. Badr, vol. 6, no. 14, p. 7, dated 4 April 1907