Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 410
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 410 husband can carry out legal procedures through the authorities. Her rightful share cannot be affected. The Trials of the Prophets The Promised Messiah as said: Some occurrences take place during the lives and circumstances of the Prophets which become the cause for disbelievers to stumble. However, the fault lies with the disbelievers as they hold on to one incident, ignoring the rest. Justice lies in looking at all matters collectively as a whole. There are thousands of sub- tle secrets of Allah the Exalted even in the trials the Prophets face. Many troubles were encountered by the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. There is a narration that during the Battle of Uhud he was wounded seventy times by the sword and the disbelievers were jubilant seeing the adverse condition of the Muslims. A disbe- liever, being convinced of the martyrdom of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his s as prom- inent Companions, called out loudly, ‘Is Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) present among you?’ The Holy Prophet s as directed the Companions to remain silent and not to respond to this. The disbeliever was joyous at the silence assuming that no response meant that the Prophet s as had died. In the same way, the disbeliever called out for Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra. Again, silence was preferred from the side [of the Muslims]. Then in the same way, the disbeliever called out regarding Hadrat ‘Umar ra. Hadrat ‘Umar ra could not restrain himself. He said, ‘O unfortunate one! What nonsense are you spewing? Everyone is alive!’