Tadhkirah — Page 537
1900 537 compassion is the principal virtue ]. [Urdu] Be compassionate, be compassionate, for compassion is the principal virtue…. [Urdu] God will set all your affairs right and will bestow on you all that you desire. The Lord of hosts will attend to it. Compared with Jesus of Nazareth, the blessings in this case are by no means less. Threaten me not with fire, for fire is my servant and indeed the servant of my servants. 557 [Arba'in, no. 3, pp. 37–38, R uha n i Khaz a ’in. vol. 17, pp. 428–429] (B) I remember having once received the revelation in the Urdu language: [Urdu] Do not threaten us with fire, for fire is our servant and indeed, the servant of our servants. The truth is that a true servant of God will not be afflicted with the plague. Anyone who suffers, does so on account of his own default. [al-Badr, vol. 1, no. 5, 6, November 28, December 5, 1902, p. 34] 1900 ‘The best among you is he who is best towards his wife. ’ Therefore, be good to your wives both spiritually and physically. Keep praying for them and avoid divorce. A person who is hasty in divorce is sinful in the eyes of God. Do not hasten to break like a dirty vessel that which God has brought together. [Arba'in, no. 3, p. 38 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 17, pp. 428–429] 557 God Almighty revealed this sentence as a statement on my behalf. [Arba'in, no. 3, p. 38 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 17, p. 429]