Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 384
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 384 and the disbeliever has no resemblance to this patience. Moreover, the involvement with God Almighty is also a new kind of involvement. The truth is that there appears to be a new God due to the fact that by believing in Him, cognisance of God is enhanced. When a believer prays due to the hardships and adversities, two benefits accrue: first, those adversities in themselves become the atonement for his sins; secondly, through those prayers, he attains salvation from them, and his faith in Almighty Allah and His omnipotence increases. The life of man can never remain free from adversity. In one way or another, some type of trouble inevitably befalls man, whether it be in the form of an illness or relate to honour and prestige, or it be in the context of wealth and resources. Nevertheless, the adversity of a believer is made easy for him, and it also becomes the atonement for his sins. He believes adversity is a means to strengthen his relation- ship with God Almighty, and, in reality, it happens exactly so. However, that very adversity materializes in the form of punish- ment for the faithless. One should never rejoice to see another person in adversity, because that is an occasion of warning. He should personally be prepared for it as well. Trust in Allah the Exalted is Comforting Also remember that there is no ointment for the wound of affliction as soothing and comforting as trust in Almighty Allah. The person who puts his trust in Almighty Allah finds solace and satisfaction within himself even in the severest of difficulties and adversities. He does not feel bitterness and tor- ment in his heart. At the very most, the final result of this trou- ble may be death if that is the immutable decree.