Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 42
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 42 Hearken! I have been shown that the wrathful Signs of God Almighty will descend. There will be earthquakes and the plague will cause deaths; hence, before the punishment of God descends, I warn and inform you and everyone who can hear, to seek repentance. Everyone who repents before the punishment [is administered], and brings about a change in themselves for their reformation, they can be hopeful of the mercy of God Almighty. However, when the chastisement has descended, the door of taubah [repentance] will then be closed. Do taubah and take steps for reformation while it is a time of peace. Do not listen to my words like children listen to stories. Rise up and bring about change. When the affliction comes, regardless if someone says to pray a thousand times, it would be to no avail as the chastisement would have already befallen. Indeed, now is the time. Means of Reformation How can change and reformation be brought about? The response is the same: through Prayer which is the real suppli- cation. Ponder over the Holy Quran; everything is within it: the details of virtue and vice, and the news of the future, etc. Understand well that the Quran presents a religion against which no objection can be raised as its blessings and fruits are available fresh and blooming. Religion has not been explained to perfection in the Gospel. Its teaching may well have been compatible to the conditions of that time, but it is certainly not compatible to [the needs of ] all times and all situations. Only the Holy Quran has the distinction that Almighty Allah has set forth in it the cure for every ailment and has nurtured all faculties, and for every evil that it has identified, it has also set forth the method to eradicate it. Therefore, continue to recite