Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 450
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 450 human nature, He Himself has said: 1 َقِلُخ ُناَسْنِاْلا اًفْيِعَض َقِلُخ ُناَسْنِاْلا اًفْيِعَض. Therefore, people should also be given the benefit of this. So, there will be punishment for sin and chastisement will take place, but this eternity is not like the Eternity of God. Being placed in Hell for a specified period of time, one is released upon being cured. Agree or disagree, but this very belief is proven by the Word of God Almighty. Accordingly, where the mention of Paradise is, the words used there are 2 ًءٓاَطَع َرْيَغ ٍذْوُذْجَم ًءٓاَطَع َرْيَغ ٍذْوُذْجَم but where Hell is men- tioned, it is said: 3 ِِاَّل اَم َءٓاَش َكُّبَر١ؕ َّنِا َكَّبَر ٌلاَّعَف اَمِّل ُدْيِرُي ا ِِاَّل اَم َءٓاَش َكُّبَر١ؕ َّنِا َكَّبَر ٌلاَّعَف اَمِّل ُدْيِرُي ا Reflecting upon these verses, it is clearly understood that the dwellers of Paradise would have no fear, but for those in Hell, there is an undeniable hope for deliverance. It is mentioned in a hadith that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said that if the words ٍ ْر َ مَجْذُوْذ ی عَطَآء ً غَ ٍ ْر َ مَجْذُوْذ ی عَطَآء ً غَ [a gift that shall not be cut off ] had not been applied to Paradise, then the dwellers of Paradise would have also remained in fear. 4 However, God Almighty—by amplify- ing the words ًءٓاَطَع َرْيَغ ٍذْوُذْجَم ًءٓاَطَع َرْيَغ ٍذْوُذْجَم —has completely wiped out that fear, saying that this is a gift from God Almighty that won’t be taken back. In addition, I have seen another hadith in relation to this in which it was written that: یَاْتِی ْ عَلٰی جَھَنَّم َ زَمَان ٌ لَّیْس َ فِیْـھَا أَحَد ٌ وَنَسِیْم ُ الصَّبَا یَاْتِی ْ عَلٰی جَھَنَّم َ زَمَان ٌ لَّیْس َ فِیْـھَا أَحَد ٌ وَنَسِیْم ُ الصَّبَا 1. For man has been created weak ( S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:29). [Publisher] 2. …a gift that shall not be cut off ( S u rah H u d, 11:109). [Publisher] 3. …excepting what your Lord may will. Surely, your Lord does bring about what He pleases ( S u rah H u d, 11:108). [Publisher] 4. See Tafs i r al-Baghaw i , al-Musama, Ma‘ a limut-Tanaz i l, by Ab u Muhammad al-Hussain bin Mas‘ u d al-Farr a’ al-Baghaw i ash-Sh a fi‘ i , Juzw 12, p. 403, S u rah H u d, verses 109–111, Idar a h Ta’l i f a t Ashrafiyyah, Multan. [Publisher]