In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Ever Merciful
We praise Allah and invoke blessings upon His Noble Messenger(sa);
And upon his servant, the Promised Messiah(as)

Malfuzat of the Promised Messiah(as)

1891

The Purpose of the Advent of the Promised Messiah(as)

Hazrat Maulvi Abdul-Karim Sahib(ra) states: ‘I remember well—and I have written this in my notebook—that a person posed a question to His Holiness, our Truthful Imam, Hazrat Mirza Sahib(as), in Jalandhar about the purpose of his advent in the world. The Promised Messiah(as) said: “I have come to strengthen people in their faith.”

The Types of Faith

There is another incident that is recorded in my notebook as well. This incident also took place in Jalandhar. A member of our community, our brother, Munshi Muhammad Arura Sahib inquired: “Your holiness, how many types of faith are there?” The Promised Messiah(as) gave an immensely beautiful and subtle response: “There are two kinds of faith—rudimentary and refined. Rudimentary faith is to remain firm in practising the fundamental principles of religion without any deep insight (din-ul-aja’iz) and refined faith is to follow me.”1