Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 310
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 310 1 َنْوَقْسُي اَهْيِف اًسْاَك َناَك اَهُجاَزِم اًلْيِبَجْنَز َنْوَقْسُي اَهْيِف اًسْاَك َناَك اَهُجاَزِم اًلْيِبَجْنَز The word zanjab i l [ginger] is composed of zana and jabal and the meaning of زنا الـجبل زنا الـجبل [ zan a al-jabal ]is that such heat develops that he can climb a mountain. Ginger has an innate heat and benefits the natural meta- bolic heat of the human body. Allah the Exalted says that the great and extraordinary feats that are accomplished in My path are akin to what the Companions ra did, so much so that they did not hesitate to lay down their own lives. It is not easy to offer one’s head to be severed in the cause of God. He who has small children and a young wife—until a special fervour is kindled within his soul, how can he sacrifice his head leav- ing behind orphans and a widow? I cannot present any better example than the Companions ra. The example of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is of the highest degree of the power of holiness and strength of self-purification, and the example of the Companions ra is of the highest degree of transformation and obedience. So, such strength and power are produced by the effect of the sherbet of ginger, and, in fact, this sherbet of ginger was also needed to develop strength after the sherbet of camphor. The saintly and godly people exhibit fervour and pas- sion in the path of God Almighty because they keep drinking this sherbet containing ginger. When the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, made the claim, imagine how heated the oppo- sition was. On one side were the polytheists, on the other side were the Christians showing unending zeal—who had trans- formed a mere mortal into God—and yet on another front 1. Therein will they be given to drink a cup tempered with ginger ( S u rah ad- Dahr, 76:18). [Publisher]