Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 157
26 January 1908 157 True Supplication The Promised Messiah as said: There are two types of supplications. One is the ordinary type and the second is that which man takes to its zenith. Thus, it is this supplication that is called supplication in the real mean- ing of the word. Man should supplicate even without falling into any difficulty, because what knowledge does he have of the plans of God and what is to happen tomorrow? So be involved in supplications from before so that you may be saved. Sometimes a calamity comes in such a manner that man finds no opportunity to supplicate. Thus, if one has laid in store sup- plications from before, then they can come in handy during a time of need. The Philosophy of Punishment When people involve themselves heart and soul in worldly affairs beyond all limits and become heedless of God, then God’s punishment descends to warn them. Look at the destruc- tion that the plague is wreaking. As soon as they return after burying one corpse, another is ready. Keep in mind that the punishment for idolatry, deification of man, and worship of created beings will take place in the Hereafter, but insolence, villainy, cruelty and transgression, neglect, tormenting the righteous, and inflicting pain and suf- fering upon them are punished in this very world. The punish- ment that occurred during the time of Noah would not have taken place had they not tormented the Messenger of Allah.