Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 172
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 172 1 َّنِا َهّٰللا اَل ُرِّيَغُي اَم ٍمْوَقِب ىّٰتَح اْوُرِّيَغُي اَم ْمِهِسُفْنَاِب َّنِا َهّٰللا اَل ُرِّيَغُي اَم ٍمْوَقِب ىّٰتَح اْوُرِّيَغُي اَم ْمِهِسُفْنَاِب Meaning that, God Almighty does not change the condition of a people until they themselves do not reform their condition. To get rid of the plague, they are killing the poor rats. They fail to realise that the plague will never stop pursuing them until the rat inside them does not die. Thus, reform yourselves and fear God Almighty. If these people reform themselves then what need does Gad Almighty have to destroy them? As God Almighty says: 2 اَم ُلَعْفَي ُهّٰللا ْمُكِباَذَعِب ْنِا ْمُتْرَكَش َو ْمُتْنَمٰا اَم ُلَعْفَي ُهّٰللا ْمُكِباَذَعِب ْنِا ْمُتْرَكَش َو ْمُتْنَمٰا that what will God achieve from chastising you if you become grateful and come to believe? It is said about our Muslim kings that when a calamity befell, the kings themselves would engage in earnest prayer and supplication at the threshold of the Rabbil ‘ a lam i n [Lord of all the worlds] and encouraged their subjects to engage in virtuous deeds. When the vaccination [against the plague] began to be administered, I wrote the book Kasht i N uh [‘Noah’s Ark’]. I clarified in it that the heavenly vaccine that I present is better than this vaccination. Eventually, that suggestion proved to be true that I had proposed. Perhaps at some point, someone may come to understand. Right now, the plague is spreading fiercely, striking the people. A person from Qadian was mentioned that the outbreak of plague has 1. S u rah ar-Ra‘d, 13:12 [Publisher] 2. Why should Allah punish you, if you are thankful and if you believe? ( S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:148) [Publisher]