Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 16
16 MALFUZAT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 7 27 OCTOBER 1904 (In Batala, journey to Sialkot) At around 4 o'clock, His Holiness departed from Dārul-Amān [the Abode of Peace-an epithet for Qadian] for the journey to Sialkot accompanied by his companions. They reached Batala around 8 o'clock. The Jama'at of Batala came to the Batala [railway] station and received the blessings of meeting him. One gentleman said that he wanted to attain perfection without having to suffer any toil or trouble. On this, the Promised Messiah, peace and blessings be on him, said:¹ 1. This diary appears in Badr in the following words: The Promised Messiahas was walking at the Batala [railway] station when he was met by an old man who probably had a long-standing acquaintance with him. From the style of speech that I was able to hear, it seems that he was seeking spiritual blessings, and the Promised Messiahas might have told him that he should come and live in Qadian and abandon these worldly preoccupations. Upon this, the man said that he [the Promised Messiahas] could pray from there. The Promised Messiahas said that prayer works when human effort accompanies it. Some people want to be made a Wali by having a breath of air blown upon them. They do not realise that even a breath of air only touches the person who comes close. The idea that something happens without human effort is entirely wrong. It is stated in the Holy Quran : لَيْسَ لِلإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَى ]Man will have nothing but what he strives for'[ (Surah an-Najm, 53:40). And for every state of the heart, there is always an expression in outward action. When the heart is overwhelmed by grief, tears begin to flow. That is why the Shariah did not appoint one witness as sufficient proof so long as there was a second witness. Thus, nothing can result unless the outer and inner states are one. He asked, 'When will you be coming back?' The Promised Messiahas said, 'Going to visit someone is by inten- tion, but returning is by permission.