Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 309
12 July 1907 309 Our tenets include the belief that Jesus as has died like the other Prophets and the love that a Muslim has for his Master, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, requires that after the death of the Prophet s as he should not consider anyone else to be alive. How much pain and distress the Noble Companions ra felt [at the demise of the Prophet s as ], but when they heard: 1 َو اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر١ۚ ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا َو اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر١ۚ ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا all of them were solaced. Nonetheless, keep in mind that such admonishments in themselves are useless until they are accom- panied with prayer and personal example. How much the maulaw i s go on nagging every Friday but without any effect whatsoever! Why? Because they them- selves don’t practice what they preach. Of all the Prophets who have appeared in the world, none of them has placed so much emphasis on admonishments as on supplications and personal example, for they are effective. Therefore, try to make use of them. 2 1. And Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:145). [Publisher] 2. Al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 28, p. 6, dated 10 August 1907