So Said The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 93
At times, people show great injustice to others through their hands. God says: the hands of the true believers do not exceed the limits; they do not touch those whom they should not touch (they do not go near the preliminaries of sexual sins). Crl?d also says that He becomes the tongue of this type of people. A reference has been made to this fact in the words: ma yantiqo anil hawa (he does not speak from himself). That is why whatever the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihl wa sallam, said, was, as a matter of fact, from God Himself. God says about the hand of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, ma ramaita iz ramaita wa lakinnallaha ramaa : when you threw a handful of pebbles, it was not you but God who really threw it. In short, a man can attain to very high spirit'Ual ranks through supererogatory prayers (Natl), and he gets:very near· to God, so much so, that he is included in the group of God's friends. At this stage of his life, what happens to him is man aada lee waliyyan fa qad oaaraztohqo bil harb: he who opposes My frienu for My sake, it is Me who fights with him. The Hadees tells us that God pounces upon such a person (the enemy of the friend of God) like a lioness whose cub has been carried away by some one. One must always continue struggling to attain to this status. Nobody knows when the time for his passing away from this world will approach; a believer must never be negli- gent in this matter; he should always fear God. (Malfoozat Vol. II, p. 199-200) LONGEVITY OF LIFE Wishing for a long life often becomes the root cause of sins and weaknesses. Oμr friends should spend their life 93