Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 414
414 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 The Jama'at is very weak. Most ignorant people incline to ill-thinking and stumble over trivial matters. May Allah the Exalted protect us. Amin. Matters Evident and those Susceptible to Interpretation Hafız Ahmadullah submitted, 'A revelation of Your Holiness that was published in the 20 September 1906 issue of Badr is as follows: مَا أَنَا إِلَّا كَالْقُرْآنِ وَسَيَظْهَرُ عَلَى يَدَيَّ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنَ الْفُرْقَانِ [I am just like the Quran and soon there will appear through me that which had appeared through the Furqan. ] It can be understood from this that as there are verses of the Holy Quran that are susceptible to different interpretations along with verses with decisive meaning, the circumstances and the pronouncements of the one commissioned by Allah are also similar. Some matters are decisive and others are susceptible to interpretations. ' The Promised Messiahas said, 'This is correct. A Few Matters of Islamic Jurisprudence 5. Sometimes Ramadan falls in such a season that farmers, due to excessive activities like seeding and harvesting, and similarly the workers whose livelihood is labour, are unable to fast. What is the directive concerning them?' The Promised Messiahas said: إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ ]Verily, deeds are (judged) by intentions[. 1 These people keep their state hidden. Everyone should evaluate 1. Şahih al-Bukhārī, Kitābu Bad'il-Wahī, Bāb Kaifa Kāna Bad'ul-Wahī ilā Rasūl- illāhī, Hadith 1. [Publisher]