Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 361
16 September 1905 361 may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, flourished and prospered among these very Arabs and continued to make pro- gress. Hadrat Ab u Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came from among them. This gives me hope that such people will also come from among these very opponents who will fulfil the will of God Almighty and possess pure hearts. The Jam a ‘at that has been formed at this time has come from among them. M i r [N as ir Naww a b ra ] Sahib mentioned to me many times that no hope should be entertained from Delhi, but my heart tells me this is not true. There must be some pure hearts hidden in Delhi who will eventually come to this side. My connection with Delhi that Allah the Exalted has made is also not devoid of wisdom. I can never despair of Allah the Exalted. After all, M i r Sahib himself is also from Delhi. 1 Therefore, this is not anything to make us lose hope. The holy and perfect example of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is before us—how the people of Makkah opposed him, and then out of this very Makkah came the people who became the reformers of the world. Is it not true that Ab u Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was from among them? That Ab u Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) is the one about whom the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had said that Ab u Bakr’s worth and standing in the eyes of Allah the Exalted is based on what is in his heart. Then Hadrat ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, was from among the people of Makkah. Hadrat ‘Umar ra was a very serious enemy, to the point that he was once involved in advising murder [of the Holy Prophet s as ] and was even appointed to carry it out, but in the end, God Almighty 1. Hadrat Hakeemul-Ummat [Sage of the Ummah] Maulaw i Noor-ud-Deen, may Allah be pleased with him, submitted: Munsh i ‘Abdul-‘Az i z, Babu Muhammad Ismail, etc. , are also from Delhi. (Editor)