Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 363
16 September 1905 363 As for those who fell short and their progress came to an end, I would say that they were not acceptable in His eyes. They wanted themselves to be worshipped instead of Him. However, I present the example of such people who annihi- late their own beings and desire only the greatness and glory of Allah the Exalted, who are willing to accept every suffering and death in His path. Then can anyone say that Allah the Exalted would destroy them? Who would destroy his own house? Their Movement is the Movement of God, so He makes it progress and becomes the cause of its growth and flourishing. There have been 124,000 Messengers in the world. Can anyone tell which one of them was destroyed? Not even one. And then look at the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as a whole, because he was a compendium of perfection. The whole nation became his enemy and con- spired to kill him, but Allah the Exalted supported him in an unparalleled manner. Once, in the early days of his preaching, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, summoned all the people. Ab u Jahl, etc. , were all among them. 1 The assem- bled people thought this gathering would also be for some worldly consultation. However, when they were warned of the impending punishment of Allah the Exalted, Ab u Lahab said: َا ْن َْتَ ٰع َ م َـ ج َا ذ ٰ ھ ِ ل َ ا ِِْم َو َ ی ْ ل َ ا ر ِئِ َا س َ ك َ ل ا بًّ َ ت َا ْن َْتَ ٰع َ م َـ ج َا ذ ٰ ھ ِ ل َ ا ِِْم َو َ ی ْ ل َ ا ر ِئِ َا س َ ك َ ل ا بًّ َ ت [‘May all your days be ruined! Is that why you gathered us together?’] In short, even though they considered the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as truthful and trustworthy, on this occasion, they showed dangerous opposi- tion, and a fire of opposition was ignited. However, the Holy Prophet s as ultimately succeeded, and all his opponents were annihilated. 1. Here, the Promised Messiah as narrated that whole incident. (Editor)