Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 424
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 424 for my own self, not for my near and dear ones, not for my wife and children. The occurrence of such pain depends only on the grace of God, but having a relationship is essential. It is said that a person went to Shaikh Ni za m-ud-D i n Waliull a h to ask him to pray for some personal matter, and he asked him to bring milk and rice for him. This man thought in his heart that this was a strange saintly man. I came to him with a need of mine, and he has presented his own need before me. However, he went and brought the cooked milk and rice. After he had eaten, he prayed for him, and his problem was resolved. Then Ni za m-ud-D i n told him, I asked you for milk and rice because when you came to ask me to pray for you, you were a complete stranger to me, and there was no source of sympathy for you in my heart. So, I thought of this as a way to create a loving relationship with you. In the Torah, there is a similar story of Isaac that he said to his son, ‘Go and bring me some game meat and cook it for me to eat so that I may bless you and pray for you. ’ Many such stories are recorded in the circumstances of the saints, and the truth in them is that there should be a relationship between the one praying and the one for whom the prayer is being made. All the financial or personal difficulties that befall a human being are due to the displeasure of God Almighty. A man should try to change his condition and please God; then, all sufferings and pains are removed. All the objects of the world and all the hearts of human beings are in the control of God. Look! When you go to someone’s house, and the owner of the house is pleased with you, all his servants will take care of you and deal with you politely, but if you displease the master, none of the servants will care about you, but all will become ready to treat you with disrespect. 1 1. Badr, vol. 2, no. 31, p. 3, dated 2 August 1906