Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 163
UNDATED ANSWER: He recited another couplet of the Promised Messiahas: دین حق بیمار و بیکس ہمچو زین العابدین ہر طرف کفر است جو شان ہمچو افواج یزید 163 Everywhere disbelief rages like the army of Yazid, While the true Faith lies sick and helpless like Zain-ul-Abidin. When he found no way to raise objections in this manner, he asked what do you consider those who do not believe in him [the Promised Messiahas]? HE REPLIED: We consider them what the opponents of the Promised Mahdi should be considered according to the Sunni and Shia faith. HE ASKED: is he a claimant of messengership? HE REPLIED by quoting a couplet of the Promised Messiahas: بان ملهم استم و از خداوند منذرم من نیستم رسول و نیاورده ام کتاب I am not a Messenger and I have not brought a Book; But yes, I receive revelation and am a Warner from God. Upon this, the next day the Promised Messiahas said: You should have explained that I deny being such a Messenger who has brought a Book. Look, those matters that are heavenly, one should not be afraid of conveying them. It is not the custom of those who stand with the truth to have fear of any kind. Look at the exam- ple set by the Companions of the Holy Prophetsas. They went to the courts of kings and conveyed their faith to them in a manifestly clear manner. They did not shy away from this to