The Quetta Earthquake - A Mighty Divine Sign — Page 2
2 Alas, how tragic is this struggle that has been going on ever since the world came into existence! There is God, the Creator of the heaven and the earth, Master of the universe, Who has power over all things, and Who can, by a gesture, destroy all His mean creation. This Gcd, calls man to Himself, to honour and exalt him. He wants to give him the blessing of His nearness, and to offer him the cup of His love. He seeks to give him fellow- ship, and opens to him the gates of His grace. He prepares for His humble creature a great feast of His favours, and to call him, sends out to him, His beloved and holy servants. But man, foolish and lazy, refuses the call of God, and listens, instead, to the call of the Devil and his children. He fills him- self VtTith sloth and filth with avidity, and refuses contemptuously all the clean and wholesome food offered to him. H·e refuses the Bounty of God, and in spite of a vision of His radiant face. turns away from Him. Cruel man! How long will you thus reject the Divine gifts? How long shall the gates of heaven remain open, waiting for you to come in? How long will you remain in the company of your enemy, the Devil, drinking of your own blood, and killing your own soul? When will your eyes open? When will you take the life-giving cup from the hands of your Beloved? Yes, the cup, \vhich He has been holding tenderly for you, for so long? Behold, God has again called you to Himself. He has sent the Messiah, whose advent had· been foretold by prophets of old, and of whom, we have had tidings fronl his own lord and master, the greatest of all the prophets and saints of history, the Holy Prophet Muhammad, on whom be peace and the blessings of God. The I-Ioly Prophet, it was, who said, ' Blessed are my community, who \vould have me in the beginning t and the Promised I\1essiah, at the end. ' But, how did you receive him? Did you stretch out to him, the hand of your love? Or, did you cast stones at him? Did you say to hirn,. . • Hail thee'? Or, did you say, ' f\vaunt ' ?