The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 89
The Plague چو آمد از خدا طاعون به بیس از چشم اکرامش تو خود ملعونی اے فاسق چرا ملعوں نہی نامش زمان تو به وقت صلاح و ترک خبث است این کسے کو بر بدی چسپد نہ بینم نیک انجامش 25 89. People have all kinds of views about this terrible disease that is spreading fast in the country. Physicians, whose thinking is limited to physical causes, insist that it is caused by a natural process which produces certain germs in the earth. These germs first infect rats, and then the disease spreads among human beings who start dying in large numbers. They believe that religion has nothing to do with this pestilence, and advise people to keep their houses and drains free from filth and stagnation, and disinfect them regularly with phenol and other such chemicals. They should also keep their houses warm with fire, and build them in a way that admits both air and sunlight. There should be no overcrowding in houses, for the germs might proliferate through breath, urine or excrement. . Unhygienic food must be avoided. And the best remedy is to get inoculated. People must vacate houses where dead rats are found, and it would be better for. One should never defy God the Glorious;. For if He so wills He can destroy you instantly like a worthless worm. . I have said this out of sheer sympathy for you, now you too should think for yourself;. O, wise and clever one! wisdom is meant for a day like this. [Publisher] 25 Since plague has come from God, look at it with respect;. O, you sinner! Why do you curse the plague? You yourself are accursed;. This is the time for repentance, self-reform and shedding evil;. Anyone who adheres to evil, I do not see his good end. [Publisher]