Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 70
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 70 negligence and carelessness towards the Faith begin [to take root] among the people, and all kinds of moral weaknesses, and practical and ideological mistakes develop in them. This period of negligence and carelessness is similar to the period of autumn. 1 The second period begins after this, and this is the season of spring. This is the period regarding which the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has stated that at the head of every century, Almighty Allah sends a Mujaddid [Reformer] who revives the Faith anew. 2 Thus, the Mujaddid and Islam remaining fresh and bloom- ing is proof of the veracity of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and Islam; for, it is indeed through this that the life of this religion is established. Ponder over the orchards that only have autumn for them, and they do not show their product in spring, and freshness and verdure does not develop in them—how will they survive? Eventually, they will be cut and used as firewood. This is what is happening to other religions at this time. Autumn has affected them, but the season of spring does not dawn upon them. Their followers themselves acknowledge that they do not have the blessings, effects, and fruits that should be found in a living religion. So in the presence of their own testimony, what is the need for anyone else’s argument? 1. From Badr : ‘With the passage of time that original essence does not remain. Even the clothes on the body become dirty in six to seven days. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 11, dated 17 January 1907) 2. In Sunan Ab i D awu d , Kit a bul-Mal ah im, B a b m a Yudhkaru f i Qarnil-Mi’ah, Hadith 4291; it is written as: نَهَا ی ُجَدِّد ُ لَهَا دِ ی ْ ُل ِّ مِائَة ِ سَنَة ٍ مَن ک ِ رَأْس ی َ ُمَّة ِ عَل ْأ اَل َبْعَث ُ لِهَذِه ِ ا ی َ إِن َّ هللا نَهَا ی ُجَدِّد ُ لَهَا دِ ی ْ ُل ِّ مِائَة ِ سَنَة ٍ مَن ک ِ رَأْس ی َ ُمَّة ِ عَل ْأ اَل َبْعَث ُ لِهَذِه ِ ا ی َ إِن َّ هللا. [Publisher]