Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 19
22 OCTOBER 1905 The Hesitance of God Almighty The fact of the matter is, this is the same reluctance mentioned in the sahih hadith [authentic hadith] where Allah the Exalted says that I am hesitant to take the life of a believer. ¹ I prayed a lot even though there were many revelations regarding his death. So, I received a revelation: تُؤْثِرُوْنَ الْحَيُوةَ الدُّنْيَا [Do you adopt the worldly life?] Then I also received this revelation: يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ [O people, worship your Lord who created you. ] The meaning of this was that when someone's existence is considered necessary to an extreme degree, he becomes مَعْبُودٌ [ma'bud-worthy of worship], but this is only true for the being of God Almighty, who has no substitute. This cannot be said for any human or any other creature. Some Revelations Then the Promised Messiahas said: The day before yesterday, I received the revelation: إِنِّي مَعَ الرَّسُوْلِ أَقُوْمُ وَأَرُوْمُ مَا يَرُوْمُ وَأُعْطِيكَ مَا يَدُوْمُ 19 1. Şahih al-Būkḥārī, Kitāb al-Raqā'iq, bāb at-Tawādu, Hadith 6502 [Publisher]