Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 125
Lecture Ludhiana 125 Almighty, who looks at the hearts, is aware of what goes on in mine. Can you not even say what one from among the People of Pharaoh said: 1 َوْنِا ُكَّي اًبِذاَك ِهْيَلَعَف ٗهُبِذَك َو ْنِا ُكَّي اًقِداَص ْمُكْبِصُّي ُضْعَب ْيِذَّلا ْمُكُدِعَي َوْنِا ُكَّي اًبِذاَك ِهْيَلَعَف ٗهُبِذَك َو ْنِا ُكَّي اًقِداَص ْمُكْبِصُّي ُضْعَب ْيِذَّلا ْمُكُدِعَي Do you not believe that Allah is the greatest enemy of liars? The wrath of God far exceeds the intensity of your coordinated attack against me. Then who can save you from His wrath? A Forewarning Prophecy can be Averted In the verse that I have read, one point worth remembering is that God says He shall fulfil some of the forewarning prophe- cies. However, He did not say all of them. So what is the wis- dom behind this? The truth is that forewarning prophecies are conditional, and they can be averted through repentance, seek- ing forgiveness, and turning towards God. Prophecies are of two kinds: First, those bearing promises [of glad tidings], as God says in the Holy Quran: 2 َدَعَو ُهّٰللا َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا ْمُكْنِم َدَعَو ُهّٰللا َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا ْمُكْنِم The Ahl-e-Sunnah believe that prophecies of this kind imply certain fulfilment because God is Benevolent, but in the case of forewarning prophecies, God sometimes forgives after He 1. If he be a liar, on him will be the sin of his lie; but if he is truthful, then some of that which he threatens you with will surely befall you ( S u rah al-Mu’min, 40:29). [Publisher] 2. Allah has promised to those among you who believe ( S u rah an-N u r, 24:56). [Publisher]