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]
[1] Taken from a speech by Hazrat Maulana Abdul-Karim Sahib(ra) delivered on 29 December 1897. Refer to report on the Jalsa Salana of 1897, pp. 106-107.
(Malfuzat, Vol. 1, p. 1)