Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 57
19 DECEMBER 1904 57 Salvation is through Grace My friend, Mufti Muhammad Şādiq, narrates that once Miyāń Karam Dād Ahmadi, was ordered by the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, to accompany Mufti Şahib to Batala in the month of Ramadan and emphasized that they should not fast. Karam Dād expressed his wish that the Fast be observed because not doing so causes difficulties later. The Promised Messiahas said: Salvation is by God's grace, not deeds. ¹ 19 DECEMBER 1904 (At the time of Zuhr) Care for the Pristinely Pure Disciples The Promised Messiahas came at the time of Zuhr and inquired about Maulānā Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen's illness from him directly. He emphasized the need to arrange for food. Hadrat Maulawi Şahib sub- mitted that every effort is made, but such situations arise due to the nature of things that arrangements fail to be maintained. Perhaps the will of God does not yet wish for him to become well. In the meantime, a person with much love, sincerity, and devotion 1. Al-Badr, vol. 4, no. 2, p. 5, dated 10 January 1905