Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 170
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 170 25 February 1908 (Before Asr Prayer) Obedience of Parents is Befitting but the Right of God Almighty takes Precedence A person asked the question that: ‘Your Holiness! Allah the Exalted has made the service and obedience of parents incumbent upon man but my parents are extremely displeased with me due to my having entered into the bond of Bai’at [Pledge of Allegiance] with Your Holiness. They do not even want to see my face. Thus, when I was about to come to Your Holiness to take the Bai’at , they told me not even to correspond with them and that now they don’t even want to see my face. How then can I now discharge my Divine obligation in this regard?’ The Promised Messiah as answered that: Where the Holy Quran gives the commandment to obey and serve parents, it also says this: 1 ْمُكُّبَر ُمَلْعَا اَمِب ْيِف ْمُكِسْوُفُن١ؕ ْنِا اْوُنْوُكَت َنْيِحِلٰص ٗهَّنِاَف َناَك َنْيِباَّوَاْلِل۠ اًرْوُفَغ ْمُكُّبَر ُمَلْعَا اَمِب ْيِف ْمُكِسْوُفُن١ؕ ْنِا اْوُنْوُكَت َنْيِحِلٰص ٗهَّنِاَف َناَك َنْيِباَّوَاْلِل۠ اًرْوُفَغ Allah the Exalted knows very well whatsoever is in your hearts. If you are righteous, then He is Most Forgiving to those who humble themselves towards Him. The Companions, may Allah be pleased with all of them, also faced such difficulties that, due to religious constraints, 1. S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, 17:26 [Publisher]