Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 178
178 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 8 joined ranks with Musailimah. Moreover, their Prophet had been taken from their midst, but even in such difficulties, Islam became firmly established at its centre. Hadrat 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, took posses- sion of a pre-established structure. Then he went on spreading it to the extent that Islam emerged forth from the borders of Arabia, reaching Syria and Turkey, and these dominions came under the control of the Muslims. No one had seen the likes of the calamity endured by Hadrat Abū Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him-not Hadrat 'Umarta, Hadrat 'Uthmana, nor Hadrat 'Alira. Hadrat Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, says that when the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away and her father became the Khalifah, and the people became apostates, her father suffered so much grief that had the same grief befallen a mountain, it would have been levelled to the ground. In such a predicament, who do we compare with Hadrat Abū Bakrra? That was verily the time of true trials and tribulations in which Allah the Exalted made him successful. At the time of Hadrat 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, no mischief was left, and I liken Hadrat 'Uthmanra to the Prophet Solomonas-he, too, had a great passion for buildings. There was indeed internal strife during the time of Hadrat 'Alira. On one side was Mu'awiyah, and on the other was 'Alira. On account of these dissensions, a great deal of Muslim blood was shed. For six years, nothing happened to advance Islam; all such efforts ended by the time of 'Uthmana, after which civil war erupted.