Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 151
Lecture Ludhiana 151 ْ ِّرُوْا مَا بِاَنْفُسِهِم ی َ ُغ ی ی ّٰ ِّر ُ مَا بِقَوْم ٍ حَت ی ُغَ ی َ اْل هّٰللَّٰ َّ ا اِن ْ ِّرُوْا مَا بِاَنْفُسِهِم ی َ ُغ ی ی ّٰ ِّر ُ مَا بِقَوْم ٍ حَت ی ُغَ ی َ اْل هّٰللَّٰ َّ ا اِن [God shall not remove this plague from this people and shall not change His will as long as people do not change the condi- tion of their hearts and God will eventually extend His protec- tion to this village (i. e. Qadian). ] This is the Word of God Almighty, and accursed is the per- son who attributes what is not from Him to God Almighty. God Almighty says that a change will occur in My Will only when a change occurs in the hearts. Therefore, fear God and dread His wrath. No one shoulders another’s responsibility. Most people part company when one is implicated in a minor court case; how then can you rely on others on the Day of Judgment about which God says: 1 َمْوَي ُّرِفَي ُءْرَمْلا ْنِم ِهْيِخَا َمْوَي ُّرِفَي ُءْرَمْلا ْنِم ِهْيِخَا It was the duty of the opponents to act in good faith, acting on the injunction: 2 اَل ُفْقَت اَم َسْيَل َكَل ٖهِب ٌمْلِع اَل ُفْقَت اَم َسْيَل َكَل ٖهِب ٌمْلِع But they were too hasty. Remember, people in the past perished acting like this. He who gives up opposition when he realises that he is in the wrong is indeed wise, but this is the lot of those who fear God. Only the brave own their mistakes; they are the champions of moral courage. They are the ones whom God loves. 1. On the day when a man flees from his brother ( S u rah ‘Abasa, 80:35). [Publisher] 2. Follow not that of which you have no knowledge ( S u rah Ban i Isr a’i l, 17:37). [Publisher]