Blessings of Khilafat — Page 181
Objects of Human Life 181 A Misunderstanding As soon as some people take the oath of allegiance they start asking why they are unable to see God. Should someone ask them how many years it takes one to acquire a Masters’ degree, their answer would be ‘not less than sixteen years’. I now ask such people while they have to spend sixteen full years to acquire worldly knowledge, why do they begin asking such questions after they have spent merely a day in learning about God? One can never become an M. A. on the first day of his education at school—no matter how much he wants to be so. Such people, having offered the prayers only for a few days, start asking why God does not come to their help. Why do their enemies not suffer defeat and humiliation? Surprising indeed is their haste! How soon do they wish to attain spiritual excellence! Months are spent in waiting for the crops to be ready, and sixteen long years are spent working hard and striving to attain the degree of M. A. Even a baby takes nine months after conception to be born. Is there anything that can be achieved without working hard, exerting effort and sparing time for it? With every noteworthy blessing there is attached some hardship and difficulty. You must, therefore, remember that as one has to strive hard and work continuously to attain worldly gains, so has he to do in case of his religious obligations. The harder one works, the better gains one achieves. Someone may ask what difference is there between Islam and other religions if success is wholly dependent upon one’s own effort and hard work. My answer to him would be that one who wants to go to Batala, and takes the road that leads to Batala, will