Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 466
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 466 27 September 1905 Humility and Meekness are the Distinctive Nature of God’s Appointees The Promised Messiah as said: Almighty Allah is Most Merciful and Munificent. He nurtures man in every way and has mercy on him, and it is on account of this very mercy that He sends His Appointees and Messengers to deliver the people of the world from sinful life. But arrogance is a very dangerous disease. It means spiritual death for the per- son in whom it develops. I know for sure that this disease is worse than murder. An arrogant person becomes the brother of Satan because it was indeed arrogance that humiliated and ruined Satan. This is why it is a requirement for a believer that there should be no arrogance in him; rather, he ought to have humility, humbleness, and meekness, and this is the distinctive nature of God’s Appointees. They possess an extreme degree of humility and meekness. The Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, possessed this virtue more than anyone else. One of his servants was asked how the Holy Prophet s as dealt with him. He replied that the truth is that he served me more than I served him. ْ لِّم َ س َ و ْ ك ِ ر ََبَا و ٍ مَد َ ح ُـ م ِ ل ٰ ا ٰی ل َ ع َ و ٍ مَد َ ح ُـ م ٰی ل َ ع ِّ ل َ ص َ م ُ ِّللّٰھ َ ا ْ لِّم َ س َ و ْ ك ِ ر ََبَا و ٍ مَد َ ح ُـ م ِ ل ٰ ا ٰی ل َ ع َ و ٍ مَد َ ح ُـ م ٰی ل َ ع ِّ ل َ ص َ م ُ ِّللّٰھ َ ا [O Allah, send down Your blessings upon Muhammad and upon the progeny of Muhammad and prosper him and grant him peace]. This is the standard of the highest morality and meek- ness. And this point is also true that most of those who serve