Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 370
370 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 8 5 MAY 1906 The Class of Laulāk [Those for whom the Heavens were Created] The Divine revelation [below] was mentioned: لَوْلَاكَ لَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْأَفْلَاكَ [Were it not for you, I would not have created the heavens. ] The Promised Messiahas said: In the state of having attained the pleasure of Allah to a per- fect degree, this class of servants of Allah comes under the writ of Laulāk, and it is clear that if this group of Laulāk did not exist, then the creation of the heavens would be vain and futile. The creation of the heavens is only for the sake of this group of Laulāk. The Promised Messiahas said: In truth, this was said in regard to the Noble Messenger, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, but it applies to us by way of reflection. The revelation described above was men- tioned with regard to my book¹. The Promised Messiahas said: From this we learn that those friends in our Jama'at who are 1. The diarist did not write the name of this book. (Compiler)