Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 394
394 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 of such advances is not good. Only that progress will be blessed that results from abiding by the directives of God Almighty. ¹ 16 SEPTEMBER 1907 ADDRESS OF THE PROMISED MESSIAH, at the demise of Şahibzādah Mubarak Ahmad The Wisdom underlying Trials The Promised Messiahas stated: It is a matter of [God's] decree and determination. He (Mubarak Ahmad) had recovered completely from the actual ailment. He had regained full health. There was no sign of fever at all. He repeatedly asked to be taken to the garden. He had a great liking for the garden, so he went there. Allah the Exalted had given the news of his death at the very time of his birth. It is written in Tiryāqul-Qulüb: إِنِّي أَسْقُطُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَأَصِيبُهُ I fall upon the earth from the Hand of Allah and shall proceed towards Him. 1. Al-Hakam, vol. 12, no. 17, p. 6, dated 6 March 1908