Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 356
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 356 the love of God within himself so that the beneficence of God then also helps him and lifts him through a manifestation of His Power. Man should annihilate himself in search of God and in seek- ing His pleasure so that God may then bring him back to life and have him partake of the elixir of Divine communion. If a person shows haste or does not show adequate regard for God, or manifests common heedlessness, then remember that God too is َ غَنِی ٌّ عَن ِ الۡعٰلَمِیۡن َ غَنِی ٌّ عَن ِ الۡعٰلَمِیۡن [Independent of all creatures]. Is there any- one who can abrogate the Divine law that He has established to attain to His blessing—that those who hope to achieve His blessing must enter through this door while petitioning with humility? Only then will their wishes come to fruition; other- wise, if they were to wander lost all their lives, apart from this true path (that of following the Holy Prophet, peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him), they would never ever reach their desired destination. God has informed of a path. He who does not follow it will perish, but people fail to understand despite all the attempts to make them understand and show heedlessness. The most I expect from them is that they try the path that I invite them to, and to see whether what I tell them is true or false. God is argu- ing on my behalf and, up till today, He has also shown thou- sands of Signs in my support. Who has not seen some Sign or other of mine? Recently, a Christian visited me from America and acknowledged that Dowie, indeed, died exactly according to the purport of your prophecy, albeit he himself was bad. Not just Dowie, there are thousands of brilliant and mighty Signs. God Almighty is, after all, not subservient to anyone. He does what He pleases—revive the dead or kill the living. In short, you spend your lives, wealth, health, and time in the pursuit of worldly matters. The Faith has, after all, the right that some time, life, and wealth be spent for its sake as well. You lived