Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 368
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 368 1 اْۤوُق ْمُكَسُفْنَا َوْمُكْيِلْهَا اًراَن اْۤوُق ْمُكَسُفْنَا َوْمُكْيِلْهَا اًراَن Remain engaged in supplications as God Almighty says: 2 ْلُق اَم اُؤَبْعَي ْمُكِب ْيِّبَر ْوَل اَل ْمُكُؤٓاَعُد ْلُق اَم اُؤَبْعَي ْمُكِب ْيِّبَر ْوَل اَل ْمُكُؤٓاَعُد A person who does not supplicate, there is no difference between him and a quadruped. God Almighty says about such people: 3 َنْوُلُكْاَي اَمَك ُلُكْاَت ُماَعْنَاْلا َوُراَّنلا ىًوْثَم ْمُهَّل َنْوُلُكْاَي اَمَك ُلُكْاَت ُماَعْنَاْلا َوُراَّنلا ىًوْثَم ْمُهَّل Meaning that, they live the life of quadrupeds and Hell is their abode. Therefore, if your Bai‘at remains limited to the tongue, this Bai‘at will not yield any benefit at all. It ought to be that your actions bear witness to you being an Ahmadi. I cannot accept this matter that Divine punishment descends on a per- son who has their affairs clear with God Almighty. God does not debase the one who adopts humiliation and humbleness in His path. This a true and correct statement. No doubt everyone has to die but the deaths taking place these days are the deaths of debasement. May God keep [us] safe from the situation that as one is still being buried another funeral is ready. Therefore, wake up at night and supplicate. Lock the doors of your room and pray in solitude so that mercy 1. Save yourselves and your families from a Fire ( S u rah at-Ta h r i m, 66:7). [Publisher] 2. Say to the disbelievers: ‘But for your prayer to Him my Lord would not care for you’ ( S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:78). [Publisher] 3. [They] eat even as the cattle eat, and the Fire will be their resort ( S u rah Mu h ammad, 47:13). [Publisher]