Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 359
I APRIL 1906 The Promised Messiahas said: A person is mentioned who used to hold a long tasbih in his hand and was passing through a street. On the way, an old woman saw that he was counting how many times he was recit- ing the name of God with the tasbih. She said, 'Does anyone count how often he makes mention of a friend?' He threw away the tasbih right there and then. The blessings of Allah are innu- merable; who can count them?¹ I APRIL 1906 Divine Revelation Mention was made of the Divine revelation: أَخَّرَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى وَقْتٍ مُّسَمًّى [Allah has postponed it, till a time appointed. ] The Promised Messiahas said: On the day preceding it there was a revelation in the manner of a supplication: رَبِّ أَخِّرْ وَقْتَ هَذَا 359 [O my Lord! Postpone the time of this earthquake which seems imminent. ] 1 Badr, vol. 2, no. 12, p. 2, dated 22 March 1906 and al-Hakam, vol. 10, no. 10, p. 1, dated 24 March 1906