Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 152
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 152 stood up and involuntarily said, ‘The truth is indeed what you have set forth. ’ So decisive, irrefutable speech is a great bounty. How truly well has someone said [Punjabi]: یایمیکوجوکیئاجےنوبل. �ہ�یگ اوہی Alchemy indeed is this alone that one should know how to speak! The Way to Deliver the Message of Truth Not everyone knows how to speak in this way. Therefore, think before you speak and say useful things concisely. Lengthy argu- ments are of no benefit. Say something brief sometime that should go straight into a person’s ear and then if the chance arises again, do so again. In short, slow and steady delivery of the Message should continue and you should not tire of it, because these days, the love of Allah and a connection with Him is considered by peo- ple to be a sign of insanity. If the Companions ra of the Holy Prophet s as , were to be present these days, people would call them insane and they would consider these people to be infi- dels. Spending day and night engrossed in vain discourses and all manner of heedlessness, preoccupied with worldly affairs makes one hard-hearted. The spoken word takes time to have effect. I gave some advice to a person from Aligarh who was likely a Government Revenue Officer. He began making fun of me, but I said in my heart that I too will not leave you. I persisted and at last after ongoing talk, the time came when the same person who was laughing at my expense began to weep and wail. Sometimes a righteous person appears to be callous.