Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 21
24 October 1905 21 in a dream, indicate something disagreeable. Large raisins strengthen the heart and seeing them in a dream presages some- thing good. This dream, therefore, indicates that something disagreeable—large or small—will be encountered, but the dis- agreeable aspect will be reduced or overcome by the combina- tion of the raisins. Prosperity Comes after Hardship The Promised Messiah as said: Human life is subject to a series of disagreeable experiences. If someone’s desire is to spend his entire life in happiness, that will not be possible. 1 َّنِاَف َعَم ِرْسُعْلا اًرْسُي۰۰ َّنِا َعَم ِرْسُعْلا اًرْسُي۰۰ َّنِاَف َعَم ِرْسُعْلا اًرْسُي۰۰ َّنِا َعَم ِرْسُعْلا اًرْسُي۰۰ Such is the cycle that life normally takes. So at a time of hardship, one should remind oneself that ease will certainly follow. 2 1. S u rah al-Inshir ah , 94:6–7 [Publisher] 2. From Al- H akam: ‘The primary point is that it is verily the time of hardships and sufferings that makes a man a man and a servant [of God]. Otherwise, if there is no grief or anxiety, a person would go entirely away from God. The glorious nature of a believer is singularly distinct from this, the more he sees the grace and blessings of Allah the Exalted and receives His rewards, the closer he gets to Him, and the more he advances in his loyalty, morals, and sincerity. ’ ( Al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 8, p. 2, dated 10 March 1906)