Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 319
13 August 1905 319 and majesty of God Almighty, bearing all pain and troubles without any care. All their desires and ambitions morph into only one objec- tive that the people of the world should somehow come to believe in God Almighty. They are deeply troubled when they see polytheists and those distant from God praising their idols and false gods in the way God Almighty merits being praised. In the same way, they cannot bear seeing people turn their backs on God Almighty by indulging in all kinds of sin, iniquity, and wickedness. Their heart is filled with anguish and sorrow due to this. Thus, when their pain and suffering exceeds all limits, Allah the Exalted does not permit their suffering to continue, so He manifests a marvel or a Sign. Remember also that the virtuous are of two types. The Prophets and Messengers are the first kind—they are the vir- tuous and holy beings of the highest rank. The second type of the virtuous are ordinary believers, albeit some residual ego is left in them. Allah the Exalted also gives these virtuous people of the second degree some portion of the extraordinary signs, but the group entitled to the great Signs is indeed composed of the Prophets and Messengers, who cannot bear to see the glory of anyone other than God Almighty under any circumstances. Their troubles and sorrows are because they cannot bear to see or hear anything against God Almighty. I believe that before the coming of the flood of Noah, a tor- ment came over Noah himself. It was only after this that the flood that drowned the people came. In the same way, Pharaoh drowned in the time of Moses, peace be on him, but before that, Moses, peace be on him, suffered a severe calamity which was hidden from the eyes of the people, but it was a calamity that only his heart could bear, and it was this heavy affliction which manifested this destructive drowning [of Pharaoh and