Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 312
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 312 1 َّنِا َنْيِقِفٰنُمْلا يِف ِكْرَّدلا ِلَفْسَاْلا َنِم ِراَّنلا َّنِا َنْيِقِفٰنُمْلا يِف ِكْرَّدلا ِلَفْسَاْلا َنِم ِراَّنلا The sense of honour and sanctity of a firm Muslim can never bear to hear views opposed to his beliefs and established reli- gious doctrines, or see them being defiled or to have true love and unity with those who abuse or sully his revered elders whom he believes to be the leadership of his faith. In my view, such a person who maintains friendship and affection with someone despite all these, is a despised animal chasing after worldly objects and a hypocrite. The sense of honour of a true Muslim can never agree to being a hypocrite. Just recently, an American tourist came to me. I asked him, ‘You try so very hard through back-breaking efforts to make people accept your religion and you want to convert the entire world to Christianity; pray tell me what have you gained by being a Christian so that others may also gain the same benefit?’ The advances the Christian people have made in sin and impiety are no secret. A large section of their society has even rebelled against God and is, in a way, exposing through its own conduct that they do not even need God. Now tell me, why do you favour a nation that itself confesses the same? Why do you want Muslims to follow a nation steeped in such terrible habits and sin and impiety, who fall under the threat of [Divine] chas- tisement for their perverted deeds? God desires righteousness and piety. I concede that Muslims are sinful as well, they are impious; however, should a rela- tive comparison be made against that nation, it can be clearly deduced that the life of Muslims is a thousand times better in contrast to theirs. Due to the blessing of Tauhid [the Oneness of God], God Almighty has not allowed this impiety and sin and 1. The hypocrites shall surely be in the lowest depth of the Fire ( S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:146). [Publisher]