Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 153
21 February 1907 153 1 َبِسَحَا ُساَّنلا ْنَا اْۤوُكَرْتُّي ْنَا اْۤوُلْوُقَّي اَّنَمٰا َو ْمُه اَل َنْوُنَتْفُي۰۰ َبِسَحَا ُساَّنلا ْنَا اْۤوُكَرْتُّي ْنَا اْۤوُلْوُقَّي اَّنَمٰا َو ْمُه اَل َنْوُنَتْفُي۰۰ Meaning that, do people think that they are believers and truly faithful whereas they have not yet been tried? Thus, until there is no trial, faith has no value. There are many who slip during a trial and their faith falters at times of difficulty. There is a narration of a Jew who was an eminent physi- cian. His name was Abul-Khair. Once he was passing through a street when he heard a person reciting ة ی آ اَل ا ة ی آ اَل ا أَحَسِب َ النَّاس…ُ أَحَسِب َ النَّاس…ُ [‘Do men think. . . ’]. Though he was a Jew, on hearing this verse, he rested his hands on a wall, bowed his head, and began to weep. After this he returned home and whilst sleeping, he saw the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, appear in his dream saying, ‘O Abul-Khair! It is astonishing that a per- son of your learning and excellence is not a Muslim. ’ When he awoke the next morning, he made a public announcement in the entire town that he had accepted Islam that day. The Promised Messiah as said: Acceptance of Islam by Jews There are not many Jews around today. Actually, many had become Muslims as is mentioned in the incident above, some in the time of the Holy Prophet, and some in the eras of other monarchs. There is a narration of a person that he repeatedly advised a Jew to become a Muslim. The Jew replied: ‘I know Islam is not an easy religion to adhere to. To merely verbally declare oneself a Muslim is not a big deal. I had named one of 1. Do men think that they will be left alone because they say, ‘We believe,’ and that they will not be put to trial? ( S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:3) [Publisher]