Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 242
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 242 If something exceeds the human capacity and capability to bear, God, too, overlooks it. Look at the incident of Hagar ra which was also of a similar nature. She was the grandmother of the believers. The first time when she was expelled from her home, the angel called her and consoled her greatly and treated her benevolently, but when she was expelled the second time, her co-wife told him to leave her at a place where there was no food or water. Her objective was to let her [Hagar ra ] die and perish this way. Abraham as did not wish to do this, but God told him that, okay, do as she desires and accept what Sarah says. The fact is that God willed to manifest His might. This incident is recorded in detail in the Torah. When the child started crying due to extreme thirst, Hagar ra kept running to the mountain back and forth, panicking in search of water. However, when she thought the child would not survive, she put the child down at one place and went to pray at the top of the mountain because she could not bear the sight of her child dying. At that time she heard a voice from the unseen, ‘O Hagar! O Hagar! Go see your son for he lives. ’ When she returned and looked, the boy was alive and a fountain of water was flowing there. Now, it is the same well [i. e. , the Well of Zamzam] whose water reaches all around the world and people drink it with great regard, respect, and reverence. This entire incident stemmed from the mutual jealousy and stubbornness between co-wives.