Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 424
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 424 It is said that Luqm a n was also dark looking. This is the reason why it is written that it is easy to go to the servants and chosen ones of Almighty Allah with veneration, but it is difficult to return with veneration because they are human. Most of the people who go to them create an imaginary and fictional image of such a person in their minds. However, when they go to him, they find the opposite of it, which sometimes makes them stumble and their sincerity and veneration suffers. That is why the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, stated openly that: 1 ْلُق ۤاَمَّنِا اَنَا ٌرَشَب ْمُكُلْثِّم ْلُق ۤاَمَّنِا اَنَا ٌرَشَب ْمُكُلْثِّم Meaning that, say that surely I am a man like you. This is because they objected that: 2 َو اْوُلاَق ِلاَم اَذٰه ِلْوُسَّرلا ُلُكْاَي َماَعَّطلا َو ْيِشْمَي يِف ِقاَوْسَاْلا َو اْوُلاَق ِلاَم اَذٰه ِلْوُسَّرلا ُلُكْاَي َماَعَّطلا َو ْيِشْمَي يِف ِقاَوْسَاْلا And they say, ‘What is the matter with this Messenger that he eats food, and walks in the streets?’ They were finally given the same answer that he is also a human being and human needs are attached to him. All the Prophets and Messengers who came before him were also human beings. They had said this in a derogatory way. They were aware that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to personally do his shopping in the bazaars. The image of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in their minds was only that of him being a human being in which eating, drinking, sleeping, walking, etc. , all the issues and essentials of humanity were present. Therefore, 1. S u rah Ha M i m as-Sajdah, 41:7 [Publisher] 2. S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:8 [Publisher]