Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 117
117 be upon him, to an immense degree—no one else could ever possess a greater share. As such, the state of the sympathy and compassion with which the Holy Prophet sa was possessed has been illustrated by Allah the Exalted Himself in the following words: 1 َ مُؤْمِنِيْن يَكُوْنُوْا لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ اَلَّا Meaning, will you grieve yourself to death because they do not believe? Whether you are able to grasp the deeper reality of this verse or not, the fact is that it circu- lates in my heart, just as blood flows throughout the body. دبل درد�یکہ دارم ازرباےئ اطابلن ِ قح ےمن رگدد�ب� ی �ان ٓاں درد ازرقت�ی� ر وکاتمہ The pain that I feel in my heart for those who seek the truth; is pain which I cannot express in one small speech. I understand full well the sort of heart-wrenching pain by which godly preachers are consumed for the reformation of mankind. The Capacity to Be Influenced It should also be borne in mind that listeners are influenced according to their capacity in a manner that is commensurate with the nature and power of the teacher himself—so long as their capacity has potential. Those people who have a greater affinity with God Almighty and have a fear for Him will be influenced more than others. The proof of this is that the soul makes haste and races uncon- trollably towards God Almighty so that it may be purified. If one has a stronger connection with the soul that incites one to commit evil and is ruled by it, the dis- position feels an anxiety, strain and aversion to listening to the words of a divine reformer. Such people do not feel comfortable sitting with them and listening to their words, and even feel disturbed. When an individual feels such restlessness and discontent in listening to the words of a divine preacher, it is crucial for them to begin worrying about their soul, for such a soul has reached the edge of the pit of destruction. 1 Al-Shu’ara , 26:4