Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 371
10 September 1907 371 Maulaw i Noor-ud-Deen and the late Maulaw i ‘Abdul-Kar i m advised him, but he refuses to understand. I have warned him indirectly many times, but he has not paid heed in the least, and its consequence will not be good. It is inevitable that one day he will regret his behaviour and understand my advice. 1 10 September 1907 (Before Z uhr Prayer) The Blessings of Trials The Promised Messiah as said: In reality, it has been observed that the time of trials and dif- ficulties that man faces is very beneficial for him. Allah the Exalted has given excellence to those who strive over those who sit still. Those who strive are of two kinds. First, those who put themselves into difficulty for Allah’s cause and bear its incon- veniences, and the second are those upon whom difficulties and inconveniences descend through decree and fate, and they bear those with patience and forbearance. The people who remain preoccupied in eating and drinking day and night, and their life 1. Badr, vol. 6, no. 38, p. 7, dated 19 September 1907