Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 245
4 JULY 1905 of prayer and do not know how much attention and effort is required for prayer to reach its true target. ¹ Praying requires essentially to embrace a certain kind of death. 2 245 4 JULY 1905 The Greatest Mischief of this Age This humble one [Hadrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra] presented a British newspaper in which there was some rebuke about Christianity. The Promised Messiahas said: Christianity is decaying all on its own, but the great mischief of this age is the atheistic science. God forbid it gets a lengthy respite, for then the whole world would be willing to adopt atheism. Science and religion are competing at this time. Christianity is a weak religion and has therefore fallen immedi- ately before science, but Islam is powerful and will overcome it. Insha'Allah [God willing]. 3 1. From Badr: But I am helpless in the matter of such attention developing; it can happen by Allah the Exalted bestowing the ability. The prayers of the Messenger of God, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were ac- cepted. However, when one of the Companions, a newly married young man, died after being bitten by a snake, and others even asked to pray for him, he said, 'Go and bury your brother. People do not understand the real secret of prayer (Badr, vol. 1, no. 14, p. 2, dated 10 July 1905). 2. Al-Hakam, vol. 9, no. 24, p. 10, dated 10 July 1905 3. Badr, vol. 1, no. 14, p. 2, dated 6 July 1905