The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 74
74. Essence of Islam-III spiritual world depends upon absolute steadfastness, by which is meant the degree of sincerity and faithfulness that cannot be shaken by any trial. It means a relationship with the Divine, which should be so strong that it cannot be cut by a sword or consumed by fire or damaged by any other calamity. The death of dear ones or separation from them should not interfere with it, nor should fear of dishonour affect it, nor should a painful death move the heart away from it in the least degree. Thus this door is very narrow and this path is very hard. Alas, how difficult this is! Alas, how very difficult!!. This is indicated by Allah the Glorious in the following verse: قدان كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَابْنَاؤُكُمْ وَاخْوَانُكُمْ وَازْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَ تُكُمْ وَامْوَالُ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَ تِجَارَةً تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسْكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا احب إِلَيْكُمْ مِّنَ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ با مره والله لا يَهْدِى الْقَوْمُ الفَسِقِينَ 0 65. Meaning that: 'Tell them: If your fathers and your sons and your brethren and your wives and your kinsfolk and the wealth that you have acquired with great effort, and the trade the dullness of which you apprehend, and the dwellings that you fancy, are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His cause, then wait until Allah pronounces His Judgement. Allah will never guide the disobedient people. '. This verse clearly shows that people who put aside the will of God and give preference to their relatives and their properties, are evildoers in the estimation of God. . They will surely be ruined because they preferred 65. Al-Taubah, 9:24 [Publisher]