Fear of Allah (Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih IV’s (ra) Narration)

Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) once mentioned this narration in a sermon. He mentioned some more details of this incident in his own words as follows:

“Hazrat Abdullah bin Shaddad states, ‘Once Hazrat Umar (ra) was leading prayers and I was standing in the last row. However, I could hear Hazrat Umar’s (ra) fervent prayers and intense emotions and he was reciting the following verse:

إِنَّمَآ‭ ‬أَشۡكُوْا‭ ‬بَثِّيْ‭ ‬وَحُزۡنِيْ‭ ‬إِلَى‭ ‬اللّٰهِ

Meaning “I complain of all my sorrows and anguishes before Allah. I do not need to complain to anyone else.”’ Thus, those people who remain occupied in the remembrance of Allah, do not find anywhere to express their pain and anguish and to alleviate their worries other than God’s threshold. The narrator states that he was in the last row, but he heard Hazrat Umar’s (ra) fervent prayers and lamentations.”

(Khutbat-e-Tahir, Vol. 13, pp. 248-249)