Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 75
Our Beliefs in Brief 75 on cosy beds. The nation of Islam has been humiliated and they are busy showing off their mantles, embroidered dresses, ornate walking sticks and long beards. The power of the nation of Islam has suffered decline and the supremacy of Islam has been lost, yet they seek worldly adornments and closeness to worldly rulers. And, despite all these conditions, they see no need for a Reformer whom the Gracious God sends and consider themselves sufficient as protectors of faith and champions of this contest. When the filth and stench of this world and its dirt and slime completely permeated them, Allah took away from them the light of their wisdom and left them slouch in their misconduct in such a man- ner that nothing was left in them of insight, sagacity, capability of approaching the profoundest points of wisdom, and the pro- fundity of thought and wisdom. I see that doors of guidance are opened for others, but they are not opened for these people due to their inner impurities. And, this has happened because they have severed all ties with the True Beloved and because it has become impossible for them to get to the depth of verities, understand subtle points of wisdom and solve the complex matters of faith. And yet, in the eyes of the masses, they are honest, righteous and truthful and free of all those evils that I have mentioned in this book. This, then, is one of the misfortunes that has befallen this nation; and the plague is merely the result of their so-called right- eousness and a fruit of their so-called acts of piety. On the other hand, we witness that large amounts of money have been spent and no stone has been left unturned in managing the sanitary conditions of the towns and their streets, and a mon- umental effort has been made in this regard. Wells in particular have been treated with antibacterial medicine. Despite this we see