Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 369
UNDATED 369 may be shown to you. Keep your affairs in order so that the blessings of God may be with you, and whatever work you engage in, carry it out selflessly so that you may be rewarded by God. It is narrated regarding Hadrat ‘Ali ra that a disbeliever whom he had overpowered, spat on his face. When the disbeliever did this, Hadrat ‘Ali ra released him. The disbeliever asked him why he had done this. He replied that his personal ego was now involved. When this enemy saw to what degree the Muslims set aside their personal interests he embraced Islam. Such practical examples can bring about those results that speeches and ser- mons cannot achieve. 1 UNDATED Divorce The Promised Messiah as said: Of all the lawful acts, the most detestable deemed by God and His Messenger is divorce, and it is only applied in such circum- stances where it is an absolute necessity. Just as God Almighty, who is the Lord, has provided sustenance for snakes and scor- pions, in the same manner, for those people, whose conditions are very poor, and who cannot control themselves, He has 1. Al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 32, p. 6, dated 10 September 1907