Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 165
3 March 1907 165 Remember that the person who says he wants to go to the forest and thus save himself from worldly impurities and engage in the worship God, he flees from the world in fear and displays cowardice. Look! Despite being inanimate, a railway engine pulls thousands with it and takes them to their destination. Then woe betide that living being who cannot pull anyone with him. God Almighty has endowed many great faculties upon man. He has placed a treasure of powers within him, but he wastes them due to indolence and becomes weaker than even a woman. It is a rule that the faculty that is not utilised wastes away slowly over time. If someone lives in darkness for forty days, he loses the ability to see. A relative of ours had their vein opened to be bled. The sur- geon advised him not to move his hand. Due to extreme caution, our relative did not move his hand at all. The result was that the hand became completely withered after forty days. Man’s facul- ties, whether physical or spiritual, cannot develop unless they are put to use. 1 Some people are also convinced that the person who makes good use of his faculties, his lifespan increases. Man becomes lifeless when inactive. Calamity follows inactivity. 2 Right of a Guest Addressing Sayyid H ab i bull a h, the Promised Messiah as said: I was not feeling well today and not in a fit condition to come outside. However, upon learning about your arrival, I thought 1. From al- H akam : ‘God has given man a heart to ponder and analyse. People do not ponder or analyse and due to this, the hearts become opaque. ’ ( Al- H akam , vol. 11 , no. 9, p. 10 , dated 17 March 1907) 2. Badr , vol. 6, no. 11, p. 6, dated 14 March 1907