Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 490
490 MALFUZAT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 7 29 SEPTEMBER 1905 (Before noon) The Continuation of Mujaddidīn Someone asked, 'Will a Mujaddid [Reformer] come even after you? The Promised Messiahas responded: What is the harm in a Mujaddid coming after me? The prophethood of Moses, peace be on him, had ended. This is why his Khalifahs ended with [Jesus] the Messiah, peace be on him. However, the dispensation of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is to continue until Qiyamah [the Day of Judgment], so Mujaddidīn will continue to appear in it until Qiyāmah. If Qiyāmah spares annihilation, there is no doubt that someone else will come. We never deny that the righteous and pious will continue to appear. And then Qiyāmah will suddenly strike. Maulawis of the Present Age Upon the mention of maulawīs [Muslim clerics], the Promised Messiahas said: Why would there be so much disagreement and conflict if they had self-purification and obedience to the Sunnah in them? Islam would not have suffered either. But now every- one knows how their condition has deteriorated. Bring a few maulawis to test and see what happens. If I say anything, they