Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 126
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 126 has sent the warning because He is Merciful. Anyone who says that prophecies containing warnings are invariably fulfilled is ignorant and far removed from Islam. He abandons the Holy Quran because it, in fact, says: 1 ُضْعَب ْيِذَّلا ْمُكُدِعَي ُضْعَب ْيِذَّلا ْمُكُدِعَي ْ يُصِبْكُم ْ يُصِبْكُم It is a pity that many who style themselves as clerics do not know the Holy Quran nor the Hadith nor—for that matter— the sunnah of the Prophets. They only froth at the mouth out of malice. That is why they deceive. Remember: اَلْكَرِیْم ُ اِذَا وَعَد َ وَفٰی اَلْكَرِیْم ُ اِذَا وَعَد َ وَفٰی [When a gracious one promises, he fulfils]. The requirement of [being] Ra hi m [the Merciful] is that He pardons even after finding someone meriting punishment. Forgiveness is embedded in human nature too. Once a man, who falsely deposed in a case in my presence, was found guilty of perjury. He was being tried by a British judge who received sudden orders to transfer to a far-off station. He became sad. Now, the criminal was an elderly man. He told his court clerk that he feared the poor fellow would die in jail. The clerk agreed and submitted that the man had a family to support. The Englishman said nothing could be done now that the proceedings had been completed. Soon, thinking better of it, he said: ‘All right, destroy the file. ’ Just reflect, if an Englishman can show mercy, why can’t God? Also, think about s adaqah [charity] and almsgiving and why is it customary among all peoples. When facing difficulties and calamities, the natural human response is to give s adaqah and engage in almsgiving and it is said to offer sacrificial lambs and give in charity clothes or whatever one can lay one’s hands 1. Some of that which he threatens you with will surely befall you ( S u rah al- Mu’min, 40:29). [Publisher]