Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 365
! ! 365 If it were not possible to attain the status of prophethood, then why were we taught to say this prayer five times a day? No intelligent p erson would prefer to ask for something which is improbable, therefore why would God do this ? Consider the following story. A man was sitting by the window of his home watching a boy wave a piece of bread before a nearby dog. W hen the dog ran towards the boy, the boy began to beat the dog with a stick. The man , who was watching this incident through the window became very angry at the boy’s behavior and called the boy over by showing him some money. When the boy came closer the man slapped him. The boy began to cry and asked him why he had called him over to give him money but had instead slapped him. The man told the boy that he wished to teach him a lesson for luring the dog over with a piece of bread and then hitting him. N either the boy nor the dog showed any wisdom. D o you not believe that God has as much intellect as th e man [in this story]? Thus, God says, “ Wake up [at night] and b eseech Me, and I will give you that which you ask. ” If He does not do so, then does God order billions of Muslims to pray in the false hope s of receiving something which earlier peoples were awa rded? Muslims rise during the bitter cold nights of winter and leave the comfort of their beds. They cut their comfort short dur ing the short summer nights. It is not merely one person but billions of Muslims are such who have been wrongly promised by Allah to pray and yet their prayers are not ans w ered. It is worth pondering over this because this directive has been revealed in the Holy Qur’ān. These people accuse God of making false promises. There is a saying that an owner gives , but a storekeeper’s s tomach tightens [with worry]. God Almighty gives freely, but m ullahs claim to guard God ’s treasures and they refuse to hand out the treasure. Our God says that He will reward anyone in accordance with the status that the person attains. However , the mullahs say that they will not allow that to happen. Notice how strange it is that the issue of prophethood has been