Inspiring Events in the Field of Tabligh — Page 43
43 A © adhrat Maulavi Mu ™ ammad Ily ā s related another incident that in Ch ā rsadda, due to A ™ madiyyat, three persons opposed him bitterly. Praise be to the Lord that every one of them was extremely humiliated under the wrath of God. The details of these stories are very painful, but very heart warming. Among the three enemies, one was Mull ā Ma ™ m ū d who tried with his magic spells or talismans that Maulavi Mu ™ ammad Ily ā s’s wife should start hating her husband. He was himself implicated in an affair with a woman—his relative—and as a result of which he had to flee from his own home to which he never returned. Second enemy was one Akbar Sh ā h who was an accomplished swimmer. He used to say that if Mu ™ ammad Ily ā s ever dared to come to the river, he would drown him. Observe the might of the Almighty that he, who boasted to be a master swimmer, was himself drowned and died while bathing in the same river. The third enemy was one Mukarram Kh ā n. He was a celebrated and influential landlord and headman of the village. He went to the extremes in executing boycott against Maulavi Mu ™ ammad Ily ā s. He came under the wrath of God thus, that firstly his wife died with tuberculosis. Next were his three sons who died of the same disease. His whole property was liquidated in gambling. His headman-ship was confiscated. He became so poor that he had to earn his living by driving tongas (carts driven by horses). One day, it so happened that Maulavi Mu ™ ammad Ily ā s hired a tonga and inquired the driver about the people of Ch ā rsadda. When he asked about Mukarram Kh ā n, the tonga driver said, Sir, I am the same luckless Mukarram Kh ā n who has ruined his worldly life and his hereafter by opposing the truth. [21] This kind of divine wrath comes over those who make themselves deserving due to their own misdeeds. Among them are especially those who run amok against the truth and are arrogant and humiliate the people whom God Almighty loves. These are the unfortunate ones whom divine wrath gets hold so quickly and severely that they become the hallmark of humiliation for others.