Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 304
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 304 21 April 1908 (Before Zuhr) Addiction Can be Overcome if Faith is Strong Tobacco, opium and alcohol, etc. were under discussion and it was observed that it becomes difficult to abstain from them once one becomes addicted to them. It is written in the books, particularly with regard to alcohol that, even after one abandons the habit, like other relapsing diseases, one suffers such a fearsome and severe relapse some- times that one becomes crazy and in the end takes a drink even though the person may regret it after coming to his senses. The Promised Messiah as said: That is a fit of sinfulness. Otherwise, there is nothing impos- sible before Allah the Exalted. Sins cannot stand where there is the might of faith. Look at the life of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them all. Once the verse mention- ing prohibition was revealed, they quit so resolutely that they remained in this state of abstinence till their death. There were no such relapses into drinking nor did it overwhelm or enam- our anyone to such a degree as to force him [to drink again]. The day the verse of prohibition was revealed, alcohol spilled into the streets of the town ankle high. All this was the result of the holy spiritual influence and impact of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that the faith of the Companions ra grew so strong that even alcohol, which they