Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 249
14 APRIL 1907 249 The Miracle of Prayer A boy here was severely afflicted with the plague. The Promised Messiahas prayed for him. Allah the Exalted granted him health. He was mentioned. Maulawi Muhammad 'Ali submitted: 'I have always noticed that if a person begins to bleed due to the plague, they never survive. This is the only boy that I have seen survive in spite of such bleeding. ' The Promised Messiahas said: This is the result of prayer alone, and his survival is just like the survival of 'Abdul-Karim for whom a wire was received from Kasauli that he could not be cured as (the signs of) madness had appeared. Nevertheless, God Almighty accepted my prayer on his behalf, and he was restored to full health. No one has ever seen or heard of anyone surviving in this manner. The Meaning of a Revelation The Promised Messiahas said: Though there may be other meanings of the revelation: یا اللہ ! اب شہر کی بلائیں بھی ٹال دے O Allah! Avert now the afflictions of the town also. but one meaning is this as well, that the reference is to the bra- zenly foul-mouthed Ārya Sūm Rāj and Ichchar who printed newspapers teeming with abuse every week-they, too, were the afflictions of this town. God Almighty ended them and dis- patched them to Hell. The plague is spreading fiercely this year. It is quite severe in other towns. In contrast to that, it is almost as if there is