Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 465
UNDATED 465 our patience and gratefulness, and the patience of Mubarak Ahmad’s mother; He has given us the promises of victory and support, and has said that He will be with me at every step. These are such expressions that the mother of Mubarak Ahmad said, ‘God’s pleasure is so dear to me that if two thousand Mubarak Ahmads were to die, I would not be aggrieved. ’ Teaching of Forbearance The Promised Messiah as exhorted a friend [i. e. member] to counsel an opponent at some time. The Promised Messiah as said: Discharge your duty of preaching regardless if he believes or not, as the person who preaches earns spiritual reward in any case; do not entertain the hope that the opponent will be polite or courteous to you as he is an opponent. He considers us wicked. There is no respect for us in his heart. So long as he is an enemy, there can be neither respect in his heart for us nor honour or goodwill, nor can he speak with fairness. Once an envoy came to the Noble Messenger, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The envoy repeatedly extended his hand towards the beard of the Prophet s as , and Hadrat ‘Umar ra would push his hand away with his sword. Eventually, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, stopped Hadrat ‘Umar ra. Hadrat ‘Umar ra said that the envoy showed such disrespect that his heart desired to kill him, but the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, bore all insolence of the envoy with forbearance.