Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 434
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 434 Allah the Exalted Bestows Greatness upon the Prophets In addition, remember that a person is given what he hates, and he is deprived of what he runs towards. The Prophets and Messengers never ever want their personal glorification and aggrandizement, but Almighty Allah bestows it upon them out of the foundation of His own glory; 124,000 Prophets have come and gone but consider them all as one and the same in this regard because the same thing happened to them all. Almighty Allah has not disgraced nor deserted so much as a single one of them, for their humiliation is the humiliation of Almighty Allah Himself, yet His glory stands supreme. Those who oppose them and give pomp to [His] created beings as if they are donning those created beings with the cloak of Almighty Allah’s glory—they are rejected in the sight of Almighty Allah. Compassion of Prophets for God’s Creation It is also worth remembering that, on the one hand, the Prophets and Messengers and Appointees of God Almighty flee from the people of the world while, on the other hand, they have so much compassion in their hearts for God’s creation that they even put their own selves in danger for them and run the risk of losing their own lives. Accordingly, Almighty Allah says in the Holy Quran about the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: 1 َكَّلَعَل ٌعِخاَب َكَسْفَّن اَّلَا اْوُنْوُكَي َنْيِنِمْؤُم َكَّلَعَل ٌعِخاَب َكَسْفَّن اَّلَا اْوُنْوُكَي َنْيِنِمْؤُم 1. Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death because they believe not ( S u rah ash- Shu‘ar a ’, 26:4). [Publisher]