Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 238
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 238 25 March 1908 (During a walk) Cause of the Devastation of Muslim States Respected Doctor Khalifah Rasheed-ud-Din, Assistant Surgeon, mentioned the prosperous past of Farrukhabad and its downfall and destruction, and their palaces becoming ruins. Upon this the Promised Messiah as said: It was the practice in the time of earlier kings that they would always have some godly people in their courts as well. Kings would work in consultation with them and would benefit from their prayers. This is not the case anymore. The condi- tion of these Muslims has also become similar to that of the Children of Israel. In consequence of their evil deeds, God had abandoned them [the Israelites] too and they would not get any help [from God]. The same is happening nowadays. God Himself has pledged to help and assist Islam but there should be some [true] Muslim. The Muslims, in fact, are themselves becoming the target of God’s wrath and punishment. How can they possibly be helped [by God]? These few Muslim states of India which became the target of God’s wrath would certainly have been safeguarded and helped by God if there had been even a little piety left in them. This punishment and decline that became their lot was the result of their own evil deeds. Consider how the Israelites faced defeat even in the presence of Moses as. The reason for that, too, was