Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 231
10 April 1907 231 despite their disagreements, agree on it, just as they are unani- mous on having put the Messiah on the cross. When Atham did not die within the [stipulated] fifteen months, having taken advantage of the condition of showing remorse, what an excellent reply Khaw a jah Ghulam Far i d of Chachran gave that some people are declared dead in heaven and a Wal i [Friend; i. e. Saint] of Allah can see them as dead, but the other ordinary people do not reach to such cognizance and raise objection. The Time for the Destruction of the Prophets’ Opponents Underneath all these matters is operating the following rule: 1 َو اْوُحَتْفَتْسا َو َباَخ ُّلُك ٍراَّبَج ٍدْيِنَع َو اْوُحَتْفَتْسا َو َباَخ ُّلُك ٍراَّبَج ٍدْيِنَع Initially, every Prophet is in the state of patience. Then, when the Divine intent for the destruction of a people is made, the Prophet develops a state of anguish, so he supplicates. As a result, the means for the destruction or the betterment of that people become available. Look! Initially Prophet Noah, peace be on him, continued to show patience and bore the pain from his people for a long time. Then when the Divine plan was made for their destruc- tion, a state of anguish arose, and his heart cried out: 2 ِّبَر اَل ْرَذَت ىَلَع ِضْرَاْلا َنِم َنْيِرِفٰكْلا اًراَّيَد ِّبَر اَل ْرَذَت ىَلَع ِضْرَاْلا َنِم َنْيِرِفٰكْلا اًراَّيَد 1. And they prayed for victory, and as a result thereof every haughty enemy of truth came to naught ( S u rah Ibr a h i m, 14:16). [Publisher] 2. My Lord leave not in the land a single one of the disbelievers as dwellers therein ( S u rah N uh , 71:27). [Publisher]