Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 52
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 52 had borne extreme hardships in the path of Parmeshwar only for the objective that they would live devoted to Parmeshwar as long as they lived. They did not even imagine being disloyal to Parmeshwar. If a lover dies singing praises of the beloved, can we say that he has carried some grudge [against the beloved] with him? Moreover, one should also ponder over that Parmeshwar must have left a sin in their account to justify their expulsion from Mukti Khanah that must have been of the same kind. It is not fair to expel one person for one sin, while another per- son for some other sin, but is it fair that at the time of expul- sion—despite having the same type of sin—one was made a man, another a woman, one was made a donkey, and another a monkey? The Attributes of God Almighty Mentioned in S u rah al-F a ti h ah In short, by mentioning His most perfect attributes in S u rah al-F a ti h ah, God Almighty has negated the false religions which are widely prevalent in the world. This S u rah, which is called ‘the Mother of the Book’, is recited in each rak’at of every of the five daily Prayers because it embodies the teachings of the religion of Islam, and is the gist of the Holy Quran in a sense. By mentioning His four attributes, God has desired to show a perfect portrait. He has outlined Islam as an extremely blessed religion, which guides one towards Him. He was neither born from the womb of a woman—like the God of the Christians—nor is He such that He is—like the Parmeshwar of the Aryas—incapable of grant- ing salvation and falsely claims that deeds are finite, while the truth is that he does not have the power to grant salvation