Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 476
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 476 long as a kind of agitation and restlessness is not aroused in a person’s heart, and they do not abandon their comfort for God, till then there is nothing. I know that there are some people who by nature cannot completely fulfil this and such weaknesses are found in them since birth that they cannot show persistence in these matters. Even so they should engage in repentance and seek God’s for- giveness often, lest they be included among those who are com- pletely heedless of the Faith and essentially consider the world alone to be their objective. The Trials of Every Age are Different The trials and tests of every age are different. The Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, had given their lives and had their heads severed in God’s way, and in the time of other Prophets there were hardships and calamities of other kinds. In short, until man passes trials and tests, he cannot progress and be accepted by the One [True God]. Nothing is achieved without struggles and various kinds of difficulties. Do Not have Misgivings about Allah the Exalted Keep in mind that Allah the Exalted is Merciful and Beneficent. One should not have misgivings about Him. He who keeps God’s practice in mind and is prepared to bear pain and suffer- ing for His sake, will surely be successful. The one who does not tread the path instructed by Him, and employs narrow-mind- edness, will fail. Note that the people who enlist themselves in the army and are occupied for fighting and dying for the sake of material things, they are not paid thousands of rupees