Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 300
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 300 in which they were lying in a filthy state, fighting with each other, and then seeing their condition after Islam, one is com- forted that God can do everything. To cast an influence over the whole world and adorn them [the Arabs of the Days of Ignorance] with the pure garment of Islam by removing them from the filthy thoughts of licentiousness was not within the power of man to accomplish. Only Allah can Reform the World Our efforts are child’s play; we can neither remove the filth spread throughout the world from people’s hearts nor fill them with God’s perfect love. Nor can we create perfect mutual affec- tion, so they all become like one being. This is the work of Allah the Exalted. Thus has Allah the Exalted said in the Holy Quran about the Companions ra addressing the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: َو َفَّلَا َنْيَب ْمِهِبْوُلُق ْوَل َتْقَفْنَا اَم يِف ِضْرَاْلا اًعْيِمَج ۤاَّم َتْفَّلَا َوُه ْۤيِذَّلا َكَدَّيَا ٖهِرْصَنِب َو َنْيِنِمْؤُمْلاِب۰۰ َو َفَّلَا َنْيَب ْمِهِبْوُلُق ْوَل َتْقَفْنَا اَم يِف ِضْرَاْلا اًعْيِمَج ۤاَّم َتْفَّلَا َوُه ْۤيِذَّلا َكَدَّيَا ٖهِرْصَنِب َو َنْيِنِمْؤُمْلاِب۰۰ 1 َنْيَب ْمِهِبْوُلُق َو َّنِكٰل َهّٰللا َفَّلَا ْمُهَنْيَب ٗهَّنِا ٌزْيِزَع ٌمْيِكَح۰۰ َنْيَب ْمِهِبْوُلُق َو َّنِكٰل َهّٰللا َفَّلَا ْمُهَنْيَب ٗهَّنِا ٌزْيِزَع ٌمْيِكَح۰۰ The God who strengthened you with His help and with the believers put such affection in their hearts that even if you had spent all the earth’s treasures, you could not have created such love, but God created this affection in them. He is the Mighty and Wise God. The God who did this before can do it even now, and we rely on Him for the future as well. The spirit of God’s grace is breathed into the work that is decreed to be done. Just as when a gardener irrigates his garden, it becomes fresh and verdant, in the same way, God Almighty bestows progress 1. S u rah al-Anf a l, 8:63–64 [Publisher]