Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 435
26 September 1905 435 How tremendous this compassion and benevolence is! Almighty Allah has stated in this that you should not be so sad and distressed about these people not becoming believ- ers, perhaps even laying down your very life in this grief. This shows how far they advance in their compassion for humanity. An example of this kind of compassion is not to be found in anyone else, even to the extent that parents and other relatives cannot hold such sympathy. People brand them liars and fabricators yet they are ready to lay down their lives for those very people. Know for certain that this compassion does not exist even in parents, because when they see that their children are rebellious and disobedient or find some other fault in them, they ultimately leave them, but this is not the case with Prophets and Messengers. They see people attacking and persecuting them, but they pray for them. The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to pray so much for the guidance of people, an illus- tration of which is provided in this verse by Almighty Allah. Almighty Allah had planted a craving in his heart for people to become Muslims and worshippers of the One God. The Attraction and Allure of Prophets and its Effects The greater the magnificence of a Prophet is, the greater this desire is; and the more intense this desire is, the more attrac- tion and allure he has. Since the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was Kh a tamul-Anbiy a ’ [the Seal of the Prophets] and the embodiment of all the perfec- tions of prophethood, this yearning was unusually vast in him, and since this desire was so immense, it was for this very reason that the force of attraction and allure within him far exceeded all the righteous and Appointed Ones, in proof of which what