Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 240
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 240 perfect believers: Hadrat Ab u Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, Allah be pleased with them all. Did any of them die of the plague? Absolutely not! Why? Because the plague has been declared to be a punishment in the Torah and the Gospel; in other words, it is a kind of hell. Hence, there has often been mention of hell in my revelations, and by that is indeed meant the plague. Thus, a perfect believer is completely safeguarded from hell. If he were to fall into it, then how can he be a believer? God also states: 1 اَنْلَزْنَاَف ىَلَع َنْيِذَّلا اْوُمَلَظ اًزْجِر َنِّم ِءٓاَمَّسلا اَمِب اْوُناَك َنْوُقُسْفَي اَنْلَزْنَاَف ىَلَع َنْيِذَّلا اْوُمَلَظ اًزْجِر َنِّم ِءٓاَمَّسلا اَمِب اْوُناَك َنْوُقُسْفَي Meaning that the punishment of the plague is for transgressors and the disobedient. This is a punishment for rejecting and dis- obeying the one commissioned by Allah. It is as if particularly linked to kufr [disbelief ]. However, the ones who are not per- fect believers, rather are ordinary [believers], as the objective of Allah the Exalted is to try them, therefore, it is possible that for their reformation, He may put them in this worldly hell as an atonement for their shortcomings. And this is unanimously acknowledged among all the sects in Islam that a group of believers will also be in hell for a short period. Thus, it has to be accepted that some believers may also contract the plague, but it should be kept in mind that only those believers who are not perfect. For this very reason, it is found in my revelation that those will be protected from the plague who are an example of: ٍ ْمَانَهُم ْ بِظُلْم ی َلْبِسُوْۤا اِ ی ْ لَم ٍ ْمَانَهُم ْ بِظُلْم ی َلْبِسُوْۤا اِ ی ْ لَم Meaning that they do not fuse any darkness with the light of their belief, and no one, except the perfect ones, can attain this station. When plague struck in 6 AH, no Muslim died but 1. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:60 [Publisher]