Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 139
Malfuzat - Volume I the atmosphere of this spiritual gathering may well-nigh have been ruined. However, our True Leader, the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace, demonstrated by his practical example the miracle of morality, which he had been alluding to in his address. The audience was so moved by this example that many of them burst into tears and began to weep emotionally. These evil people were ultimately handed over to the police, reprimanded and their drugs were confiscated. -Editor) Do Not Disregard My Advice 139 Hence, I loudly proclaim once again, and my friends ought to take heed, that they must not disregard my words of advice and view them as the tales of a story- teller. Everything that I have said to you, I have said with a burning heart and true sympathy, which are inherently a part of my soul. Heed my words with the ear of your heart and act upon them. Bear well in mind and know for certain that one day you shall be presented before Allah the Exalted. Therefore, if we depart from this world in an excellent state then this is cause for us to rejoice and enjoy felicitations, otherwise, there are grave dangers. Remember that when a person falls into a dreadful state their hell a far off place—begins in this very world; that is to say, a change begins to take effect in them in the last moments of their life, even here on earth. Allah the Exalted states: 2 إِنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْتِ رَبَّهُ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوْتُ فِيْهَا وَلَا يَحْلِي This means that any individual who comes to his Lord a sinner-for him is Hell; he shall neither die therein nor live. How clear is this statement. True pleasure is derived from the comfort and joy of life; and a person can only be deemed living when they are in a state of peace and comfort in every respect. If an individual is afflicted by some sort of pain, such as colic or toothache, their state becomes worse than the dead. The state of such a person is that they are neither truly alive, nor truly dead. Now judge from this, how dreadful a state one will suffer on ac- count of the painful punishment of hell. 1 In this instance, the Promised Messiah's is alluding to al-Furqan (25:12-13) in which the blazing fire of hell is referred to as makanim-ba'eed or 'a place far off. [Publisher] Taha, 20:75