Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 241
13 April 1907 241 when the plague spread in the time of Hadrat ‘Umar ra , many Companions were also martyred. The reason is that only the perfect believers are protected from such matters. Now, it remains to be seen whether the one who made the claim of being Moses was certainly amongst the perfect believ- ers. Surely, it was essential that he be protected from the plague since this is a torment of hell in which the elect of God cannot fall. He used to recite this revelation in regard to himself, دعب از دخا زبرگ وتیئ ہصق رصتخم [‘In short, after God, you are the one most revered’]. Now why did this hell (plague) fall into the lot of such a magnificent man (if he, in fact, was one)? This outcome is truly ironic given that the one he called ‘Pharaoh’ is still alive and not even a single mouse in his home has died, but the one who was ‘Moses’ died of the plague that is a punishment of hell. Was the angel of God mistaken? Just as the R a fi di s 1 say that the revelation of prophethood was meant to descend on ‘Ali ra but mistakenly went to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; in the same way, the angel of the plague went to Lahore instead of coming to Qadian! This point ought to be remembered well that it is possible for an ordinary believer that he fall into the hell of the plague by way of a trial so that he may receive Paradise in the Hereafter. But the one who is from among the perfect believers, for him it is certainly not the practice of Allah to be seized by such a tor- ment. Regarding some people, an objection is raised that so and so observed the formal Prayers or was so [pious], then why did he contract the plague? In truth, deeds are connected with the heart, and no one knows the circumstances of the heart except Allah. Therefore, it cannot be said that so and so was righteous or a sincere Ahmadi so why did he die from the plague as every person’s dealing is with God. How can one know what kind of 1. This refers to a group of Shia Muslims. [Publisher]