Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 473
3 October 1907 473 1 َبِسَحَا ُساَّنلا ْنَا اْۤوُكَرْتُّي ْنَا اْۤوُلْوُقَّي اَّنَمٰا َو ْمُه اَل َنْوُنَتْفُي َبِسَحَا ُساَّنلا ْنَا اْۤوُكَرْتُّي ْنَا اْۤوُلْوُقَّي اَّنَمٰا َو ْمُه اَل َنْوُنَتْفُي Do these people think that they will be left alone only with their verbal claims and be considered faithful on the grounds that they merely say that they believe, and they would not be tested? On the contrary, the carrying out of tests and trials is highly essential. All Prophets unanimously agree that testing is necessary for advancement in ranks, and so long as someone fails to undergo trials and tests, he cannot become faithful. It is a matter of principle that there is always ease after hard- ship. Remember that a person who is unprepared to bear pain and difficulty for the sake of God will be cut asunder. Progress always occurs after difficulties and hardships, and the state of one’s faith becomes known only after facing them. For the attainment of spiritual benefits, one ought to pre- pare himself in advance to bear pain and hardships. وبد وخین و رسشک اوّل قشع وبد �ب�ی�روین ہک رہ د ر ن رگ�ی� ات The beginning of love is uncontrollable and fierce, So the one who is merely a bystander may escape. Some people come and request a charm to be blown upon them so that they turn into saints, their bosoms be cleansed, they reach the pinnacle of spirituality, and purity be produced in their hearts. They ought to remember that everything is most surely achieved after afflictions and inconveniences. Allah the Exalted does not let a believer perish. Man is able to bear all kinds of discomforts for the world. Look at a farmer who rises in the early hours of the night, ploughs the land, bears many hardships and labours tirelessly. He neither rests in the night nor 1. Do men think that they will be left alone because they say, ‘We believe,’ and that they will not be put to trial? ( S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:3) [Publisher]