5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

progressive and exalting medicines. [Certainly, a medicine will
be bitter]. The benefits which these bitter events produce in this
world cannot be a hundredth of the blessings which we expect
to be given in the Hereafter. Then, the child is a great blessing
from Allâhu ta’âlâ. As long as it lives you reap many benefits
from it. And its death brings you thawâb and promotion. The
great savant Muhyissunna [Nawawî] (rahmatullâhi ’aleyh) says
in his book captioned Hilyat-ul abrâr: “When Abdullah ibn
Zubayr was the Khalîfa plague broke out, and it bereaved Anas
bin Mâlik (radiyallâhu ’anh) of eighty-three of his children.
Having been a servant of our Prophet’s (sallallâhu ’alaihi
wasallam), he had been honoured with his (the Prophet’s)
benediction of barakat and abundance over him. The plague
bereaved also Abdurrahmân bin Abî Bakr Siddîq (radiyallâhu
’anhumâ) of forty children.” With this having been done to the
Sahaba (’alaihimurridwân), who are the best and the most
valuable of mankind, how could we expect to be taken into
special accounts so sinful as we are? A hadîth-i sherîf declares,
“The plague was sent as a torture onto the previous
ummats. For this Umma it is a cause of martyrdom.”
Indeed, those who die of plague die in astounding serenity and
with tawajjuh towards Allâhu ta’âlâ. On this day of calamity one
longs to join that blessed company; one desires to leave the
world and accompany them in their cruise to the Hereafter. The
catastrophe of plague may seem to be wrath and torment upon
this Umma, but essentially it is (Allah’s) compassion. Mayân
Shaikh Tâhir said that during the days of plague someone in
Lahore had heard some voices saying, “Shame upon anyone
who does not die during these days!” It is true! When due
attention is paid to the states of these martyrs, bewildering
states, occult occurrences are observed. Such blessings are
exclusive only to those who sacrifice their lives for Allah’s sake.
Sir! The bereavement of my most cherished son has been a
very great catastrophe. It has scorched me. No one has
suffered such a burning grief. Yet at the same time the blessing
of patience and gratitude, which Allâhu ta’âlâ has bestowed on
this weak-hearted faqîr, me, against this catastrophe, has been
one of His greatest gifts. I pray that Allâhu ta’âlâ will not give the
reward for this catastrophe in the world and will give it in the
Hereafter! However, I am not unaware of the fact that this wish
of mine originates from the depression in my heart. For, His
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