Malfuzat – Volume II

Title Page Contents Copyright About the Promised Messiah (as)A Note About the Translation Preface Introduction Foreword About the Present Volume Quote 2 January 1899 The Purpose in Writing the Treatise Kashf-ul-Ghita 5 January 1899 The Reality Behind the Mark of Prophethood A Favour of the Messenger of Allah Upon the Messiah The Superiority of Islam The Essence of the ‘Seal of Prophethood’The Permissibility of Polygamy The Battles of Islam Were Defensive The Face of a Blessed Person and One Who Is Evil One is Only Required to Believe in Matters Relating to Faith The Meaning of the Seal of Prophethood 5 January 1899 The Grave and its Relationship with the Soul Knowledge of the Soul Is Acquired From the Fountain of Prophethood The Blessings of Prayer Blessed is the One Who Understands 26 January 1899 Invitations and Offerings by Non-Muslims Consistency Fasting Whilst on a Journey 27 January 1899 26 February 1899 Praise for a Lecture of Hazrat Maulvi Abdul-Karim Sahib (ra)10 March 1899 Courage and High Resolve Seeking Forgiveness From Allah—The Cure for Spiritual Contraction True Knowledge 20 April 1899 in the Late Afternoon Trust in God 21 April 1899 on the Day of Eid-ul-Adha Serving One’s Mother Those Who Are Not Dutiful to Their Parents Emphasis on Learning Arabic and English Phonograph Two Kinds of Suffering Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness From God 21 April 1899 Before Sunset Breaking the Cross—An Achievement of the Promised Messiah (as)21 April 1899 The Veiling of Faults The Cure for Negligence Is Seeking Forgiveness From God 22 April 1899 A Liar Is Never Granted Respite 22 June 1899 Righteousness and Purity 25 June 1899 The Aqiqah of Sahibzadah Mirza Mubarak Ahmad 30 June 1899 The Meaning of a Hadith Prior to 10 July 1899 Allah Does Not Allow the Divinely Commissioned to Suffer Disgrace Week Ending on 10 July 1899 Boundless Joy Due to a Glad-Tiding of Religious Nature A Dream and Its Interpretation The Mission of the Promised Messiah (as)Three Avenues for One to Contend Against a Man Commissioned by God The Criterion for Divine Revelation Emphasis on Meeting the Promised Messiah (as) Often July 1899 The Purpose of the Establishment of the Ahmadiyya Community The Wisdom and Justice of Captain Douglas Cruelties Inflicted Against the Muslims During the Sikh Rule The Need of the Era The Significance of Belief in Allah Proof of the Existence of God Almighty 1 August 1899 A Dialogue with a Hindu Sadhu on Cognisance of the Divine The God of Islam The Wisdom in God Remaining Hidden My Purpose The Rank of Those Who Enjoy Nearness in the Royal Court of God God Almighty Sees Our Sincerity and Love Asceticism Does Not Lead to Perfect Knowledge of the Divine Prior to 10 August 1899 Appeasing the World Week Ending 11 August 1899 The Reality of Prayer Even Attention and Emotion in Prayer Descend from God Almighty Prayer and Service to the Faith The Bond Between God Almighty and Man Preoccupation in Worldly Affairs Results in a Loss in the Hereafter The Nature of Exemplary Trust in God The Rank of the Messenger of Allah (sas) and the Two Chiefs 17 August 1899 21 October 1899 The Purpose of the Advent of the Promised Messiah—To Develop a Living Faith in the Living God The Religion of Truth and God’s Unity Trinity The Divinity of Christ The Sonship of God An Address of the Promised Messiah (as) at the Farewell Gathering[38]The Purpose of the Advent of the Promised Messiah (as)The True Facts About Jesus (as) Son of Mary The Significance of This Issue The Reason for Emphasising the Death of Jesus (as)The Journey of Jesus (as) to Nasibain After the Crucifixion A Sincere and Loyal Community The Greatness of Travelling for the Sake of God Almighty The Generosity and Resolve of Our Community Financial Sacrifice Must Be For the Sake of Allah Alone There Is Nothing Until One Possesses Strong Faith The Advent of the Holy Prophet (sas) and the Purpose of the Revelation of the Holy Quran The Holy Prophet (sas) and His Station as the Seal of the Prophets We Believe With Full Insight That the Messenger of Allah (sas) Is the Seal of the Prophets The Hallmark of Good Deeds Rejecting the Saints of Allah Results in a Loss of Faith Another Aspect of the Holy Prophet (sas) Being the Seal of the Prophets The Definition of a Godly Scholar The Fountainhead of True Knowledge is the Holy Quran Make Use of Your God-Given Faculties to Become a Saint The Ease in Our Spiritual Quest The Actual Purpose and Essence of the Prayer is Supplication Weeping and Crying The Love of God and His Grace The Purpose of Human Life The Prime Objective of the Ahmadiyya Community A Commentary of ‘Those Upon Whom God Has Bestowed His Blessings’Never Abandon the Way of the Holy Prophet (sas)The Purpose of the Establishment of the Ahmadiyya Community The Station of Prophethood Converse With the Inner Self The Reality of the Station of Prophethood Why Do the Prophets Have Wives and Children?The Necessary Aspects of Prophethood The Station of the Truthful The Philosophy in Attaining to the Excellence of the Truthful The Insights of the Quran Are Opened to the Truthful One Cannot Become Pure Without Refraining from Lies The Meaning of Trust in God The Rank of One Who Is Annihilated in Allah Falsehood Darkens a Person’s Heart An Incident of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Jilani (rta) Related to Truthfulness The Truthful Are Graced With Insights of the Holy Quran Ill-Thinking Cuts at the Root of Truth The Unparalleled Truth of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra)What is the Nature of Abu Bakr (ra)?Harmony in One’s Word and Deed Keep the Example of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) in View Deeds Are the Ornaments of Faith The Secret in Selecting Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) to Accompany the Holy Prophet (sas) on the Migration The Bravery of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) on the Demise of the Holy Prophet (sas)Incentives to Accept Christianity Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) Is a Second Adam for Islam Joseph (as) and His Rank as a Truthful One The Station of Martyrdom Does the Prayer Become Futile at Any Point?The Conduct of a Martyr in the Face of Trials and Tribulations The Station of the Righteous 10 December 1899 A Means for the Acquisition of Spiritual Reward Lekhram and His Associates The Hidden Hand of God in the Matter of Lekhram The Miracles of the Other Prophets The Miracle of the Holy Quran The Eloquence and Articulacy of the Holy Quran The Muslim Creed Fosters Bravery Insight A Desire to Write a Book of Teaching A Miracle of the Saints A Matter Decreed Luke Unveiling the State of the Dwellers of Graves Sufi Music and Songs The Greatest Form of Worship in This Era A Yearning for the Manifestation of God’s Greatness and Glory The Present State of Affairs and the Need for a Reformer An Address Delivered by the Promised Messiah (as) on 28 December 1899 at the Annual Convention A Speech or Sermon Must Be For the Sake of God Alone Righteousness and Godly Preachers The Effect of Godly Preachers on the Soul The Immense Sympathy and Compassion of the Noble Prophet (sas)The Capacity to Be Influenced The Cure for Spiritual Maladies Three States of the Human Soul The Jurisdiction of the Brain, Heart and Tongue The Heart in Arabic The Nature of the Heart and Brain The Deeper Reality of the Word of Allah and the Soul The Excellence of Man Emotion, Weeping and Lamentation Even One Tear Forbids Hell The Means to Attain an Understanding of Allah Almighty The Four Classes of Those Upon Whom God Has Bestowed His Blessings The Prophets The Perpetual and Everlasting Miracles of the Holy Prophet (sas)Prophet Muhammad (sas) Is the Only Living Messenger Until the End of Time The Greatest Excellence of a Prophet Is Their Disclosing the Unseen The Truthful The Martyrs The Righteous Etiquettes of the Acceptance of Prayer The Wisdom in Certain Prayers of the Righteous Not Being Accepted Who Are the Righteous?Divine Succour Affluence The Wealth and Riches of the Disbelievers True Happiness Controlling One’s Tongue Righteousness Is a Necessary Condition for the Discovery of Quranic Knowledge Who Are the Saints?The Purpose of the Recitation of the Holy Quran The Order in the Holy Quran and the Sequence in the Verse About the Death of Jesus (as)The Harm in Believing That Jesus (as) Is Still Alive Three Stages of Righteousness The Establishment of Prayer The Spending of Provision Avarice The Definition of Morality Forgiveness The Impractical Teaching of the Gospel The Teaching of the Quran Perfects Human Faculties Belief in the Word of God The Death of Jesus (as)Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) and His Insight Into the Holy Quran The Consensus of the Companions on the Death of Jesus (as)The Concept of Spiritual Manifestation Two Trials of the Latter Days The Antichrist Gog and Magog The Islamic Veil Two Manifestations of Evil—The Antichrist and Gog and Magog Two Manifestations of Goodness The Messiah Son of Mary The Mahdi The Meaning of ‘Leaders From Among the Quraish’Emphasis on Returning to the Centre Repeatedly Control Over the Inner Self The State of the Promised Messiah (as) in a Time of Trial Forgiveness and Pardon A Dishonour to the Faith The Concealing of Virtue Appropriate Faculties The Nature of the Descent of Revelation Restlessness for a Beggar No Prescription is Definitive Good Conduct Towards the Authorities and Relatives Prayer and Divine Decree Pride in One’s Ancestry Deprives One from Virtue The Meaning of Rafa Residing in the Centre Must Be for a Religious Purpose Sympathy for Humanity A Vision About the Future of the Community 1899 The Company of the Righteous Fear of God Humility True Dreams Are a Proof of the Existence of God A Revelation 6 January 1900 To Consort in Kindness Forgiveness and Pardon Forbearance Covering the Faults of Others Serving Humanity Physically Reprimanding Children Is to Associate Partners With God A Few Prayers of the Promised Messiah (as)The Upbringing of Children To Refrain From Affectation The Value of Time Serving Others Humility A Liking for Seclusion Only Servants of the Faith Are Truly Deserving of Our Prayers Consideration for the Vow of Friendship 10 January 1900 The Engagement of the Promised Messiah (as) During Ramadan 2 February 1900 Islam—A Pure Religion It Is God Almighty Who Is Truly Worthy of Praise Three Rights Mentioned in Surah An-Nas Two Manifestations of Divine Providence—Parents and a Spiritual Guide The Sikh Reign Was a Burning Furnace Religious Freedom The Facility of the Printing Press The Benefits of Religious Freedom The Conditions for the Observance of Worship True Oneness of God Who Is Khannas?The Insight in Faith of the Ahmadiyya Community Do Good to Those Who Do Good The Rights of a Ruler and a Benefactor Show Gratitude to a Benefactor 11 April 1900 Prayer on the Day of Arafat The Sign of the Revealed Sermon A Prostration of Gratitude and Acceptance 12 April 1900 A Heartfelt Desire of the Promised Messiah (as)The Relation of the Holy Prophet (sas) and the Promised Messiah (as) With Eid-ul-Adha The Essence of Sacrifice The Essence of Eid-ul-Adha The Holy Prophet (sas) Alone Was the True Manifestation of God’s Attributes A Sign of the Truth of Islam The Arya Samajists Are Deprived of Divine Cognisance Transmigration of Souls Niyoga The Pure Teaching of Islam The Doctrines of Christianity Judaism Only Islam Possesses Living Blessings The Holy Prophet (sas) Is a Manifestation of God’s Attributes The Companions Attained Success in This World The Moderate Way of Islam Mutual Concord and Love The Murder of Two Englishmen May 1900 The Passionate Sympathy of the Prophets The Entire Foundation Rests on Struggle 14 May 1900 The Purpose for Remaining in the Company of the Righteous Only God Almighty Ought to Be Implored for Help The Deeper Reality of the Prophethood of Muhammad (sas)The Motherly Benevolence of a Prophet The Class of Those Upon Whom Allah Has Bestowed His Blessings The Purpose of the Divinely Commissioned The Solid Nature of the Holy Quran The Spiritual Power of the Holy Prophet (sas)The Life of Christ The Success of Followers Is Actually the Success of Their Master The Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining God of Islam The Detail Expounded in the Holy Quran The Summary and Essence of the Holy Quran The Essence of Worship Paradise and Hell The Need for A Perfect Guide Seeking Forgiveness From God and Repentance Seeking Forgiveness From God Takes Precedence Over Repentance Seeking Support From the Dead Is Forbidden Seek the Company of the Living The Community Must Undergo a Pure Transformation 9 July 1900 Prayer Is the Best Form of Sympathy The Recipe for a Long Life Do Not Rebuke a Beggar One Virtue Gives Birth to Another Good Morals Are the Key to Righteous Deeds The Very Abandoning of Good Morals Is Sin The Characteristics of Cattle Self-Invented Invocations and Incantations The Lofty Grandeur of the Holy Prophet (sas)16 July 1900 Two Exquisite Couplets of the Promised Messiah (as)The Secret in Prophet Ezra (as) Coming Back to Life and the Death of Jesus (as)An Important Point The Underlying Reality in the Food and Drink of Ezra (as) Being Preserved 17 August 1900 A Sermon of Maulana Abdul-Karim (ra) and Praise from His Holiness (as)The Night Between 25 and 26 August 1900 A Prelude to A Magnificent Sign August 1900 The True Bestower of Benefit Is God Almighty Alone Who Are the Servants of God Almighty?In Pursuing Worldly Affairs the Ultimate Objective Must Be Religion Be Not Indolent The Faith of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra)The Importance of Spending in the Way of Allah Why the Prophets Are Faced With Needs The Level of Perfect Certainty Faith Is a Secret Dedicate Your Lives in the Way of Allah Almighty The Personal Experience of the Promised Messiah (as) and His Advice The Reality of Hell The Duty of Preaching Look at What Is Being Said and Not Who Says It The Manner of Speech Employed by the Messenger of Allah sa Advice for the Community Ill-Thinking The Sign of Atham The Sign of the Conference of Great Religions The Sign of Acquittal The Sign of Lekhram The Need for Signs A Duty of My Community 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