Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 86
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 86 What means and methods he utilizes to conceive and how he suffers by running to all kinds of resources—as if, in his calcu- lus, God does not even exist! In short, it should be remembered that when man becomes neglectful of the real purpose of his life, he runs around stupe- fied and bewildered in such worries and pursuits. One should try to establish his relationship with God as soon as possible. Until a relationship with Him is established, everything is futile. It is mentioned in one hadith that if a person advances towards God slowly, God comes to him hastily, and if man advances quickly in His path, God comes running towards him. 1 However, if one becomes heedless of God and becomes indolent, then its result corresponds to it. Promised Messiah is Implied by Zul-Qarnain Once I was studying S u rah al-Kahf in which Zul-Qarnain is mentioned. 2 A closer study of that account revealed that it has recorded the exact condition of this present age. It is written that when he journeyed, he reached a place where it seemed as if the sun had set in sludge. This was his western journey. Then he reached people who were in the sun’s rays and had no shade on them. Then he met another nation who sought help from him after recounting the particulars of Gog and Magog. This is what God has mentioned as an illustration, but Zul- Qarnain also refers to one who encountered two centuries. I have had such a long share of two centuries that there can be 1. S a hih Muslim, Kit a budh-Dhikr wa-Du‘ a wat-Taubah wal-Istighf a r, Hadith 2675 [Publisher] 2. From Badr: Once I had perused the account of Zul-Qarnain in the Holy Quran. When I pondered over it, I realized that it is, in fact, about this age as a prophecy ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 11, dated 9 January 1908).