Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 431
20 September 1907 431 Of the Companions ra who went to battles, some were mar- tyred and some returned. The relatives of those who were mar- tyred were pleased with them that they gave their lives in the way of God, and the ones who returned safe remained waiting for this, worrying that perhaps it was due to some shortcoming that they were not martyred during the battle, and so they kept their intentions strong, and kept themselves ready to offer their lives for the sake of God as Allah the Exalted says: َنِم َنْيِنِمْؤُمْلا ٌلاَجِر اْوُقَدَص اَم اوُدَهاَع َهّٰللا ِهْيَلَع ْمُهْنِمَف ْنَّم ىٰضَق ٗهَبْحَن َوْمُهْنِم ْنَّم ُرِظَتْنَّيَواَم َنِم َنْيِنِمْؤُمْلا ٌلاَجِر اْوُقَدَص اَم اوُدَهاَع َهّٰللا ِهْيَلَع ْمُهْنِمَف ْنَّم ىٰضَق ٗهَبْحَن َوْمُهْنِم ْنَّم ُرِظَتْنَّيَواَم 1 اْوُلَّدَب اًلْيِدْبَت اْوُلَّدَب اًلْيِدْبَت It is only our Community that acts with the utmost righteous- ness, displaying the example of steadfastness and contentment, but even among them there are still many who are worms of the world and at such a juncture I recite the couplet: �ی�اےئ دون ن مہ دخا وخایہ و مہ د� �ی�ال اتس و احمل اتس و ونجن ن � ن ی� � ا We wish to attain both God and this world— This is mere imagination, and is an impossibility and lunacy! Remember Death and Do Not Forget God Almighty And then there is no certainty as to when death may come. Therefore, man should not be audacious and should not neglect his faith for the sake of this base world. 1. Among the believers are men who have been true to the covenant they made with Allah. There are some of them who have fulfilled their vow, and some who still wait, and they have not changed their condition in the least ( S u rah al-A h z a b, 33:24). [Publisher]