Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 306
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 306 11 August 1905 (Evening gathering ) Tan a sukh [Transmigration of Souls] ‘Abdul-Qayy u m, the son of Hadrat Hakeemul-Ummat [Sage of the Ummah— Hadrat Maulaw i Noor-ud-Deen], was ill. He was in pain last night. The Promised Messiah, peace be on him, was asking about his condition. In this connection, Hadrat Hakeemul-Ummat said that he kept thinking about the question that arises from the objection of the Aryas that the sufferings of children are the result of their previous birth. Upon this, the Promised Messiah as , gave the following address: This belief is absolutely absurd! 1 First, it is worth pondering whether the children even feel as much pain as the parents, because the sense [to feel pain] also grows with the intellect, and moreover, the child will also enter Paradise due to some right, so this is why he bears such suffering. 2 1. From Badr : It is a matter of great ignorance to derive transmigration from the suffering of children. ( Badr, vol. 1, no. 20, p. 3, dated 17 August 1905) 2. From Badr : It has been accepted that in the things that animals have in com- mon with humans, they cannot derive that [same] pleasure [as derived by hu- man beings]. Similarly, the child does not have that same degree of feeling as an adult. But even if we accept that he does in fact suffer and he does not have any parents to whom that suffering can be attributed, even then transmigra- tion cannot be argued from it, because being pure and innocent cannot make one entitled to [Divine] grace. Suffering is a source of reward for the sons of Adam, and the other realm is right there and is the realm of eternal peace and comfort, and it is born from this world only through death. A man closes his eyes here and opens them in the other. There is a reward for children in the other world. ( Badr, vol. 1, no. 20, p. 3, dated 17 August 1905)