Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 372
372 MALFUZAT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 7 Difficulties are Solved Only through Prayer The Promised Messiahas said: Allah the Exalted is hidden, but He is recognised through His powers. His existence can be ascertained through prayer. Whether one is called a king or an emperor, every person encounters such difficulties in which he finds himself utterly helpless and is at a loss to know what he needs to do. At that time, difficulties can be solved through prayer. Charāgh-ud-Din Jamuni Charāgh-ud-Din of Jammu's great relationship of love with Christians was being discussed. The Promised Messiahas said: He is an unlucky and wretched man. Islam continues to cast off such evil people. A Question about Christians European drinking [of alcohol] was being discussed. The Promised Messiahas said: True civility cannot be attained by a drunkard. No verse of the Gospels has made pork halāl [lawful] in contravention to the Torah, but these people eat pork abundantly and drink alcohol too. Since the shariah of the Torah is impracticable [accord- ing to Christians]-and despite the prohibition of a great many things whose law is found in the Torah, Christians are