Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 302
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 302 like kazzab [a great liar] and battal [deceiver] etc. , are such adversities that it made it a terrible ordeal. After listening to this entire account, the Promised Messiah as said: I advise you that all these matters of hardship should not result in any wavering or weakness in the strength of your faith. This is a trial from God Almighty. It should not tarnish the holy beliefs. Because of these difficulties, the reverence of that holy site should not diminish in your hearts. There was a time worse than this when the same holy site was in the control of the impure idolaters. They had made it a house for idols. All these hardships and adversities are the stages towards the auspicious times and life to come. Look, before the advent of the Holy Prophet s as the condi- tion of the world had become precarious. Disbelief, idolatry, strife, and impiety had grown beyond limits. It was after that darkness that a light had appeared in the world. Similarly, we should hope that Allah the Exalted will bring forth some means of improvement after these difficulties too, and God cre- ates some means of reformation. In fact, there had been another similar perilous and critical time for the same holy and sacred site which was pointed out to the Holy Prophet s as by God Almighty: 1 ْمَلَا َرَت َفْيَك َلَعَف َكُّبَر ِبٰحْصَاِب ِلْيِفْلا ْمَلَا َرَت َفْيَك َلَعَف َكُّبَر ِبٰحْصَاِب ِلْيِفْلا Thus, it is now the third such occurrence. Allah the Exalted will certainly turn His attention to it. And His turning to it will, indeed, be in the form of wrath. 1. Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant? ( S u rah al-F i l, 105:2) [Publisher]