Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 274
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 274 The Promised Messiah as said: I find that summer also has a special connection with spiritual growth. Look at the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that Allah the Exalted gave him birth in a city like Makkah, and then he would go alone to the cave of Hira to worship Allah the Exalted during those summers. What an extraordinary time that must have been! He must have carried a water bag with him. The Preference for Solitude by the Prophets The essential point is that when love and passion develop for Allah the Exalted, a dislike and aversion to the world and the people of the world come into being. A natural liking for sol- itude and seclusion arises. This was also the condition of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. He had become so lost in the love of Allah the Exalted that he found complete pleasure and delight only in this solitude. He spent many nights alone in a place where no means of rest and comfort were available, and one would be afraid to even travel to it. This also shows how brave and courageous he was. When the relationship with God Almighty is strong, courage also comes; this is why a believer is never cowardly. The people of the world are cowards; they do not possess real courage. Hearing that those with a strong relationship with God Almighty like solitude and seclusion, some people object as to why then Prophets and Messengers have wives and children. They mingle in the streets and they eat and they drink. But it is a pity that people who raise such objections do not realise that the case of these people is like one person who goes to the door of someone to beg while another is the friend of the homeowner and has gone there just to visit him; now, what fault is it of his if