Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 226
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 226 have—be it smallpox, cholera, or the plague—the mother can- not abandon the child. Once our daughter had cholera. At home, my wife would take all her vomit and such on her hands. The mother is the child’s partner in all sufferings. This is a natural love that no other love can compete with. It is to this that God Almighty has indicated in the Holy Quran: 1 َّنِا َهّٰللا ُرُمْاَي ِلْدَعْلاِب َو ِناَسْحِاْلا َو ِئٓاَتْيِا يِذ ىٰبْرُقْلا. َّنِا َهّٰللا ُرُمْاَي ِلْدَعْلاِب َو ِناَسْحِاْلا َو ِئٓاَتْيِا يِذ ىٰبْرُقْلا. The Highest of Morals The lowest level [of morals] is عدل عدل [‘ adl —justice]: give as much as you take. Advancing from that is the level of احسان احسان [ i h s a n — kindness]: give as much as you take, and then give even more. Then advancing from that is the rank of ی ٰ َب ْ ِ ذِي الْقُر ِئ َآ َت ْ ی اِ ی ٰ َب ْ ِ ذِي الْقُر ِئ َآ َت ْ ی اِ [ i t a’ i dhil- qurb a —like the giving of kin to kin]: doing good to others in the way that a mother naturally loves a child without any inten- tion of receiving recompense. It is learned from the Holy Quran that godly people can progress and attain such love. Man’s capacity is not small, and by the grace of God, these things can be achieved. In fact, this expansive capacity is one of the essentials of good morals. I am convinced that godly people progress to the extent that they love mankind even beyond the measure of motherly love. It is narrated that the day Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra passed away, an old lady, on her own accord, without anyone informing her, said that Ab u Bakr had died. People asked her how she had 1. Verily, Allah requires you to abide by justice, and to treat with grace, and give like the giving of kin to kin ( S u rah an-Na h l, 16:91). [Publisher]