بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ1
نَحۡمَدُہٗ وَنُصَلِّیۡ عَلٰی رَسُوۡلِہِ الۡکَرِیۡمِ2

Preface

Written in Volume 10 of the Urdu Malfuzat (First Edition)

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ3
نَحۡمَدُہٗ وَنُصَلِّیۡ عَلٰی رَسُوۡلِہِ الۡکَرِیۡمِ4

This is the tenth and final volume of the blessed sayings and discourses of the Promised Messiah, peace and blessings be upon him. With these words came the completion of the blessed sayings and discourses from the holy life of the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, and after which his holy soul left its earthly body behind and departed on its flight to his Dearly Beloved Lord. This volume comprises the sayings and discourses from November 1907 CE till 26 May 1908 CE. The compilation and editing of this volume, is also, as previously, the most excellent result of the exhaustive efforts and comely endeavours of Respected Maulvi Muhammad Ismaeel Sahib Diyalgarhi.

فَجَزَاہُ اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی اَحْسَنَ الْجَزَاء فِی الدُّنْیَا وَالْاٰخِرَۃِ

May Allah the Exalted reward him with the best of rewards in this world and the Hereafter.

The holy company of the Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, the Champion of Allah in the mantle of Prophets, had the messianic effect of bestowing everlasting life upon the spiritually dead, and worked like the trumpet of Israfil upon those who were receiving these spiritual benefits. But the manifestation of these results of the holy gatherings of the Promised Messiah (as) was not confined to just the personalities who benefitted directly by presenting themselves in person in the court of His Holiness. Not at all. Indeed, the circle of its impact was not confined to that limited time but was far wider, universal, and enduring; for, it was also decreed by Almighty Allah that the coming generations should also benefit and attain satisfaction from the innumerable blessings and beneficence of the company of the Promised Messiah (as) just like those who benefitted by being in his presence. It was for this reason that Allah the Exalted had provided the Promised Messiah (as) such pure-natured holy disciples whose pure hearts were filled to the brim with the passion and desire to somehow capture these holy words of reformation and thus safeguard and preserve them forever. May innumerable blessings and mercies of Allah the Exalted descend upon those holy ones who took such great pains as to work day and night in order to preserve all the holy words of the Promised Messiah (as) in written form. These holy personages would constantly remain with the Promised Messiah (as) and were perpetually bent upon fully achieving this purpose. Surely these personages endowed with these holy attributes became the embodiment of this Divine declaration and attained, by way of reflection and shadow, the heavenly name which is mentioned in the Holy Quran as follows:

مَا یَلۡفِظُ مِنۡ قَوۡلٍ اِلَّا لَدَیۡہِ رَقِیۡبٌ عَتِیۡدٌ ﴿۱۹﴾ 5

He utters not a word but there is by him a guardian angel ready to record it.

لَہٗ مُعَقِّبٰتٌ مِّنْۢ بَیْنِ یَدَیْہِ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِہٖ یَحْفَظُوْنَہٗ مِنْ اَمْرِ اللّٰہِ

For him (the Messenger) is a succession of angels before him and behind him; they guard him by the command of Allah [Surah ar-Ra‘d, 13:12].

And the annals of history have preserved for eternity their good name together with the heavenly title:

ثبت است بر جریده عالم دوام شان

Their magnificence has been written in the record of the world for eternity.

The sayings and discourses of the Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, are an excellent escort and guide for maintaining the freshness of faith and development of high morals by reading which the scene of the gatherings of the Promised Messiah (as) comes immediately before one’s very eyes. That ecstasy and exhilaration that would develop in the hearts of those present in the company of the Promised Messiah (as), develops even today by reading his sayings and discourses in accord with the state of one’s own advancement, providing only that these words are studied with heartfelt attention, sincerity and full devotion, and an effort is made by one to abide by these directions. Drawing the attention of the Jama’at to this, the Promised Messiah (as) says:

I am never pleased just with the large numbers of [people belonging to] my Jama’at [Community] … Rather, only such people deserve to be called the Jama’at when they are acting upon the real objectives of entering into the Bai’at—when a pious change has truly taken place in them, their lives have become totally cleansed of the filth of sin; when having escaped from the clutches of carnal desires and of Satan, they have become absorbed in seeking the pleasure of God Almighty, they discharge the rights of God and the rights of His servants in a comprehensive fashion with an open heart, and a passion develops in them for their faith and for its propagation; when they become devoted to God having annihilated their own desires, passions, and ambitions.

May Almighty Allah grant us the ability, in accordance with the desire of the Promised Messiah, to make ourselves like the persons His Holiness (as) came to bring into being.

The Promised Messiah (as) says:

… in this tribulation-filled time, Allah Almighty has willed to form a distinct body [of Muslims] by eradicating impurity that He might illustrate to the world that this is what is [truly] called ‘Islam’.

O my Lord, declare it to be so. Aameen, O Lord of all the worlds!

Humbly,
Abdul-Latif Bahawalpuri