The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 277
Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama'at, and Instructions 277 surely partake of its light, but he who turns away, out of suspicion and ill-will, will be cast into the darkness. I am the citadel of security for this age. He who enters in it will become secure against thieves, robbers and wild beasts. But he who seeks to remain away from my walls will be confronted with death from every side and even his dead body will not be in peace. Who is it who enters my citadel? Only he who discards evil and adopts piety, and gives up crookedness and treads the path of righteousness, and frees himself from the bondage of Satan and becomes an obedient servant of God Almighty. Everyone who does so, is in me and I am in him. But only he has the power to attain to this status whom God Almighty puts under the protections of the Purifying Self. The. Purifying Self puts its foot in the hell of such a one's ego and it cools down as if there had never been any fire in it. He then marches forward until the spirit of. God Almighty dwells in him, and, with a special manifestation, the Lord of the worlds establishes. Himself in his heart. His old humanity is then consumed and a new and pure humanity is bestowed on him, and God Almighty too becomes a new God and establishes a new and special relationship with him, and he is provided in this very life with all the pure necessaries of heavenly life. [Fat-he-Islām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 3, pp. 34-35]. O my Jama'at, may God Almighty be with you. May that Mighty Benefactor prepare you for the journey to the hereafter as the Companions of the Holy Proph-