Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 205
7 MARCH 1908 7 MARCH 1908 (During a walk) 205 Truth about the Change in the Qiblah Some Arya raised the objection that the Prophetsas was, God forbid, not certain and sure about his own wahi and ilhamat [revelations] and that was the reason why the direction of Qiblah [the direction faced during Prayer] was changed. The Promised Messiahas said: These ignorant people do not understand that Allah the Exalted had the direction of Qiblah changed and these revo- lutionary things happen in order to show that the Muslims do not worship the Ka'bah. By making Muslims face away from both of these sacred places [at one time or another]-either of which could have been adopted by some people at some stage as the object of worship due to their esteem and respect-God demonstrated publicly that the Muslims are truly the worship- pers of Allah and not the worshippers of the Ka'bah. And yet, these people continue to accuse Muslims that they worship al-Hajar al-Aswad [the Black Stone (installed in one corner of the Ka'bah)]. It is obvious that one must face some direction during wor- ship. One person likes one direction out of his own desire and the other turns his face in a specific direction on the command of Allah. Who is the better of these two? One follows the com- mand of Allah and the other follows his own self. So why aren't