Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 32
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 32 is welcome to observe Prayer in this way and try it for them- selves. 1 Always remember this formula and benefit from it that whenever you face any distress or trouble, immediately stand up in Prayer; and whatever those troubles and difficulties may be, present them openly before Almighty Allah because there certainly is a God, and it is He who saves man from all kinds of difficulties and troubles. He hears the cry of the caller. Besides Him there can be no helper. Highly defective are those people who—when faced with difficulties—turn to lawyers, physi- cians or others, but leave the compartment of God Almighty completely unoccupied. A believer is the one who should run first of all to God Almighty. This matter should also be kept in mind that if you do not focus your attention towards Allah the Almighty and do not turn to Him, no deficiency whatsoever can arise in His Being and He would have no care for you at all as He Himself states: 2 ْلُق اَم اُؤَبْعَي ْمُكِب ْيِّبَر ْوَل اَل ْمُكُؤٓاَعُد ْلُق اَم اُؤَبْعَي ْمُكِب ْيِّبَر ْوَل اَل ْمُكُؤٓاَعُد Meaning, say to them, what care would my Lord have for you if you do not worship Him with a true heart. He is Independent and Self-Sufficient just as He is Ra hi m [Merciful] and Kar i m [Munificent]. Have you not seen what the plague did and what the earthquakes manifested? Home after home and city after city were decimated, and hundreds of thousands of families were wiped out forever, but what did Allah the Almighty care? In spite of Him being the Most Merciful, He is also free from all wants. What happened during the time of N uh as [Noah], the time 1. From Badr: ‘He is very unfortunate who does not try this formula and does not derive benefit from it. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, nos. 1, 2, p. 13, dated 10 January 1907) 2. S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:78 [Publisher]