Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 406
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 406 in every way, cause pain, and say that you are a liar and a fabri- cator. However, it is my duty to convey to them the news that God Almighty has given to me. A person living in a village knows for certain that this vil- lage will be destroyed as soon as the day dawns—then what is he to do if not inform the villagers about this storm? The same situation happened in the time of Hadrat N uh as [Noah]. When Hadrat N uh as was building the ark, people laughed and ridi- culed him, saying, ‘Look how crazy he is to build an ark on dry land in a city. ’ However, they did not realize that they them- selves were in the wrong and that the actions of Hadrat N uh as were proper and correct. In the same way, even these days, despite there being a drought, the world will be punished by various storms and earthquakes. Just as all the evils and mischiefs of the earlier times have appeared altogether today, in the same way, the pun- ishments and calamities that used to come at different times in the earlier periods have now all appeared altogether in this age. As the law increases, deception and fraud also increase. The government makes a law so peace may prevail in the country, but the mischievous people extract such a thing from that same law that they get an even greater opportunity to commit their evil deed. If someone is in debt, he keeps thinking that the time to repay the debt has expired and does not think there is no such limit in the sight of God. Good Treatment of People of Other Faiths The aforementioned Hindu gentleman said that people used to scare me that Mirza Sahib does not talk to anyone and behaves very rudely with Hindus. However, I have found all these statements to be untrue