Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 505
UNDATED 505 commandments, God does not care for him either, as is evident from the verse: 1 َو اَل ُفاَخَي اَهٰبْقُع َو اَل ُفاَخَي اَهٰبْقُع Meaning that when He comes to punish the disobedient, He punishes them with such indifference as not to show regard for even the fate of their children after their disobedient parents are afflicted with destruction, as is set forth in this verse: 2 اَم اُؤَبْعَي ْمُكِب ْيِّبَر ْوَل اَل ْمُكُؤٓاَعُد اَم اُؤَبْعَي ْمُكِب ْيِّبَر ْوَل اَل ْمُكُؤٓاَعُد Meaning that, why would God care about you if you do not strive to obey Him, and view His commandments with indifference? The Promised Messiah as said: Millions of goats and sheep are slaughtered in the world, but no one sits beside them and cries—what is the reason for this? Precisely for the reason that they have no relationship with God. Similarly, no one cares in heaven about the death of a per- son who does not have a genuine bond with Him. If a man has a true relationship with God, then he is the best of creation. Otherwise, he is worse than the worms. Man possesses two loves. One love is with Divine command- ments (if he has it, then he is a perfect Adam. Otherwise, he is a dead worm). And the second is with Divine creation. It is seen in the world that many innocent people are imprisoned and subjected to cruel transgressions. The reason is that they do not 1. S u rah ash-Shams, 91:16 [Publisher] 2. S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:78 [Publisher]