Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 430
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 430 with great wounds and the severest of trials. God Almighty says: 1 َبِسَحَا ُساَّنلا ْنَا اْۤوُكَرْتُّي ْنَا اْۤوُلْوُقَّي اَّنَمٰا َوْمُه اَل َنْوُنَتْفُي َبِسَحَا ُساَّنلا ْنَا اْۤوُكَرْتُّي ْنَا اْۤوُلْوُقَّي اَّنَمٰا َوْمُه اَل َنْوُنَتْفُي In short, the objective cannot be achieved without trials, and such a trial that is extremely difficult to bear. Our Noble Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was tried the hardest of all as Allah the Exalted has said: 2 َكَرْهَظ۰۰ َكَرْهَظ۰۰ َ اَنْقَض َ اَنْقَض ْۤيِذَّلا َو اَنْعَضَو َكْنَع َكَرْزِو۰۰ ْۤيِذَّلا َو اَنْعَضَو َكْنَع َكَرْزِو۰۰ When severe trials are faced and man shows patience for the sake of God, then those trials have him meet the angels. This is why the Prophets are more beloved as great trials befall them and through them they meet God. Trials were encoun- tered by Imam Husain ra , and the same was the case with all the Companions, that they were put through the severest of trials. It is impossible to meet God by consuming meat and pilau, and sitting in comfort rolling a rosary. The rosary of the Companions ra was the sword. If today’s people are sent away to a place for the propagation of Islam, then after ten days they will certainly say that their home remains empty. If the era of the Companions ra is pondered over, it is found that they had resolved from the very outset that if they had to give their life in the way of Islam, they would do so. They had accepted to die in the way of God. 1. Do men think that they will be left alone because they say, ‘We believe,’ and that they will not be put to trial? ( S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:3) [Publisher] 2. And removed from thee thy burden which had well nigh broken thy back ( S u rah al-Inshir ah , 94:3–4). [Publisher]