Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 95
29 December 1904 95 of their religion, and do good to everyone without discrimina- tion, for this indeed is the teaching of the Holy Quran: 1 َو َنْوُمِعْطُي َماَعَّطلا ىٰلَع ٖهِّبُح اًنْيِكْسِم َّو اًمْيِتَي َّو اًرْيِسَا َو َنْوُمِعْطُي َماَعَّطلا ىٰلَع ٖهِّبُح اًنْيِكْسِم َّو اًمْيِتَي َّو اًرْيِسَا Those captives and prisoners who used to come were mostly disbelievers. Now see what the extent of Islam’s compassion is. I believe that apart from Islam no one has been blessed with perfect moral teachings. Once I regain my health, I will write a stand-alone treatise on moral teachings because I want what is in my mind to be made manifest. It would be a perfect teaching for my Jam a ‘at, and the ways to ِ ِہللاِ ت َْضَا ر َ م ُ ء َا ْغ ِ َت ْ َب ِ ا ِ ِہللاِ ت َْضَا ر َ م ُ ء َا ْغ ِ َت ْ َب ِ ا [ seek the pleas - — ure of Allah] would be shown in it. I am deeply distressed every day when I see and hear that someone has done this and some- one has done that. My disposition is not pleased with these incidents. I find the Jam a ‘at now still like a child who takes two steps and falls four steps, but I believe that God Almighty will make this Jam a ‘at perfect. That is why you should also remain engaged in making efforts, planning, striving, and supplications so that God Almighty will grant His grace, because nothing happens without His grace. When His grace comes, it opens all avenues. 2 1. And they feed, for love of Him, the poor, the orphan, and the prisoner ( S u rah ad-Dahr, 76:9). [Publisher] 2. Al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 2–4, dated 24 January 1905