Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 212
! ! 212 and took him away, locking him in a room f or six months. One day, Bhai Abdur r ahman ra found an opportunity and fled here [to Qadian]. Hence, to succeed [in digging] that canal of faith, one needs to make a huge sacrifice. In a world where clothing, shoe s , money, or for that matter any other thing, is not free, how can we expect a blessing such as faith to cost us nothing ? The word ‘canal’ itself suggests that this is a difficult endeavor. God states that a believer is one who makes sacrifices. It is through these sacrifices that he progress es. Qualities o f Believers Then Allah says: ُﻣ ۡﺴ َﺘ ِﻄ ًۡري ا َﺷ ُّﺮ ٗھ َﻛ ﺎ َن َﻳ ۡﻮ ًﻣ ﺎ َﻳ َﺨ ﺎ ُﻓ ۡﻮ َن َو ِﺑ ﺎ ﻟ َّﻨ ۡﺬ ِر ُﻳ ۡﻮ ُﻓ ۡﻮ َن “ They fulfill their vow, and fear a day the evil of which is widespread. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 76: V. 8) This verse means, t hey fulfill their covenant with Allah and fear the Day of Judgment; a day which will come in this world , as w ell as in the Hereafter. First, you must make sacrifice s and then you become a reflection of God in this world. َا ِﺳ ًۡري ا َّو َﻳ ِﺘ ۡﻴ ًﻤ ﺎ َّو ِﻣ ۡﺴ ِﻜ ۡﻴ ًﻨ ﺎ ُﺣ ِّﺒ ٖﻪ َﻋ ٰ ا ﻟ َّﻄ َﻌ ﺎ َم ُﻳ ۡﻄ ِﻌ ُﻤ ۡﻮ َن َو “ And they feed, for love of Him, the poor, the orphan, and the prisoner. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 76: V. 9) Just as God provides, they too provide people with food t o the extent that whilst they may be needy themselves , they will give to t he poor, th e destitute, and the prisoners from their own food. ِا َّﻧ َﻤ ﺎ ُﻧ ۡﻄ ِﻌ ُﻤ ُﻜ ۡﻢ ِﻟ َﻮ ۡﺟ ِﻪ ا ِّٰﷲ َﻻ ُﻧ ِﺮ ۡﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ ۡﻨ ُﻜ ۡﻢ َﺟ َﺰ آ ًء َّو َﻻ ُﺷ ُﻜ ۡﻮ ًر ا “ Saying, We feed you for Allah ’ s pleasure only. We desire no reward nor thanks from you. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 76: V. 10)