Rejection of the Divine
Message entails evil consequences for a people. When
the Divine advices and instructions are being trampled upon and the Messenger is
being ignored, it questions the majesty and wisdom of God Who causes the
Message to be revealed to the Messenger in the first place. Such mindless and
reckless rejection triggers a process of events that inexorably manifests
Divine anger and wrath which affects individual destiny and alters national fortunes.
All of spiritual philosophy and secular history bear witness to this. For
instance, the Deluge in the times of Hadhrat Noah (as) continue to remain
deeply imprinted in the spiritual psyche of Jews, Christians and Muslims. And the
Holy Qur’an repeatedly confirms: “We
never punish until We raise a Messenger”.
In his Friday Sermon of April 05, 2013 the Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba)
of Mauritius reflected upon the recent Deluge in
Mauritius, which he himself predicted in 2012 December. Drawing upon Qur’anic
principles, Hadhrat Sahib throws searching spiritual light on the concept
and special features of Divine punishment as against incidents of natural
disasters that take place in the world. Hadhrat Sahib points out that in the
case of Divine punishment; it is foretold before its actual occurrence by a
Messenger of Allah. We hope and pray that this incident of extraordinary nature
that has destroyed property, resources and precious human lives in Mauritius will
lead to much soul-searching by men of intelligence and purity of heart, everywhere.
Read
the Extracts from the Friday Sermon:
Mauritius has since last
week (Saturday 30 March 2013) lived till date its worst days in the form of a unique kind of deluge which came
and upturned the lives of many inhabitants, especially in Port-Louis, the
Capital of Mauritius. Non-stop rainfall which the climate experts define as “deluge” as the rain water kept rising second by second,
not diminishing in any case.