Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 97
30 December 1904 97 is very weak; whereas, there is no guarantee of life nor is there knowledge whether or not one will even live beyond the next second. How excellently has Sheikh Sa‘d i rta expressed: �ی�دار ئ ک�یہ رب رمع اناپ� ت نکم � [Do not rely on life, for it is transitory. ] Of all the people standing right now, who can say that he, from among them, will certainly be alive for another year? Nevertheless, if it is realized from God that life is now over, then all desires are worthless. So, remember well that a believer should not be a slave of the world. One should always be trying to do some good. God Almighty is Most Merciful and Benevolent, and it is absolutely not His intention that you should suffer. But remember well that whoever keeps away from Him wilfully, His wrath indeed descends upon him. This has been the way of Allah. Look at the time of N uh as [Noah], L ut as [Lot], M u s a as [Moses], and then at the time of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and see what happened to those who deliberately turned away from God. These longings [for the world] have destroyed man. Allah the Exalted also says: 1 ُمُكىٰهْلَا ُرُثاَكَّتلا۰۰ ىّٰتَح ُمُتْرُز َرِباَقَمْلا۰۰ ُمُكىٰهْلَا ُرُثاَكَّتلا۰۰ ىّٰتَح ُمُتْرُز َرِباَقَمْلا۰۰ That, O ye people! You, who are heedless of God, worldly desires have made you heedless until you enter the graves, but you do not desist from heedlessness. 1. S u rah at-Tak a thur, 102:2–3 [Publisher]