Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 80
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 80 The Condition of the Present Age This is an age of great trial. It is an aggregation of every kind of sin. Every kind of vice is in full frenzy. Every type of transgres- sion and sin is found amongst those people who are so-called Muslims. They are adulterers, alcoholics, gamblers, fraudsters, and fakes. If a loan is given to them, they do not return it. If they make a vow, they break it. They are bold in trampling upon the rights of others and inflicting cruelty. They devour the wealth of orphans. In short, what sin or vice exists that they do not commit? I say with certainty that their condition is becoming just like the condition of the Quraish at the advent of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Another dan- gerous trial that accompanies this sort of sin and iniquity is that of other religions. They apostatise [Muslims] by offering every kind of temptation. The result is that hundreds of thousands of Muslims have become Christians. Now, the internal condition of the Muslims is what I have just set forth, and the external sit- uation is that Christians, Aryas and other religions are employ- ing their devices to lead Muslims astray from Islam. In this way, neither seeing the internal condition proves comforting, nor does seeing the external condition provide any solace. So, given that the plight of Islam has reached this extent, has this promise of God Almighty: 1 اَّنِا ُنْحَن اَنْلَّزَن َرْكِّذلا َو اَّنِا ٗهَل َنْوُظِفٰحَل اَّنِا ُنْحَن اَنْلَّزَن َرْكِّذلا َو اَّنِا ٗهَل َنْوُظِفٰحَل been completely invalidated? Was there no obligation to pro- tect it during this period? Verily, verily I say that this nation has 1. Verily, We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and most surely We will be its Guardian ( S u rah al- H i jr , 15:10). [Publisher]