Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 548
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 548 of distress, sorrow, and grief. However, such imperfections can- not be imputed to God. Question: This, I have understood. But I wish to inquire as to why God has destined that the weak should be subservient to the mighty or become its food and remain subservient to it? Answer: I have just explained that we cannot imagine God’s attributes of love, mercy, and wrath to be like the attributes as they exist in human beings. To conceptualize that God has experiences like that of a human being is a grave mistake. This is a vast system of God that He has created as it is. A human being cannot encroach this system beyond his own limits. It is not proper that man should find a way to question everything being intrusive about the very complex and intricate wisdom of God. This world is a limited world. God has set up a vast realm to follow this one wherein He has desired and promised that true and everlasting prosperity will be awarded. Every suffering that exists in this world will be redressed and compensated in the other realm. Any shortcoming that is found in this world will be made whole in the next world. As for the sorrow, hardship, grief, and anguish, they have to be experienced by the ordinary and the elite alike. These were essential and necessary for the functioning of the system of this world. If one takes a broad look, it becomes obvious that no one is free from suffering. Every creation has to partake a share thereof according to its status, in one way or another. If an eagle preys on sparrows and birds; the lions, tigers, and wolves can devour the children of human beings. Snakes and scorpions etc. also cause distress. In short, this process is ongoing, and no one is exempt from it. However, for its reparation and recompense, God has