The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 283
Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama'at, and Instructions 283. Muḥammada is His Prophet and that he is Khātam-ulAnbiya' [Seal of the Prophets] and above all the other. Prophets. There is no Prophet after him except one who, by way of reflection, is clad in the mantle of. Muḥammadiyyat, for a servant cannot be considered separate from his master, nor a branch from the trunk. [Kashti-e-Nūḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 19, pp. 15-16]. A true Muslim loves God Almighty dear, saying and believing that He is my Beloved and Master and. Creator and Benefactor. Therefore, he places his head at His threshold. If a true Muslim is told that he will receive nothing in return for his good deeds, that there is no heaven and no hell, and no comfort and no delight, he would still not give up his righteous deeds and his love for the Divine. This is because all his worship, his relationship with God Almighty and his obedience to Him and his losing himself in submission to Him is not because he expects any reward or punishment. He regards his own being as something which has been created solely for the recognition of. God Almighty and for His love and obedience and for no other purpose whatsoever. When he employs his faculties to achieve this purpose, he beholds the countenance of his True Beloved. He does not look solely towards heaven or hell. Let me say that if I were to be told that in return for my love of God Almighty and for my obedience to Him I would be subjected to the severest torments, I can affirm on oath that such is my nature that it would be prepared to endure all these pains and torments with the eagerness that comes of