Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 81
81 and left them in scorching winds. Evil indeed is what they have taught and what they have learned. The Sheikhs of this Age Perhaps you might say that the Sheikhs of this time, who are con- sidered among the friends of the Gracious [God], are reformers. Therefore, let the Muslims hasten to them, for they are effacing themselves in the love of the Lord of Majesty. They do not waste time in arrogance and vanity. Instead, they want people to follow the path of guidance and to be transferred from the courtyard of desires to the position of annihilation. They preferred reciting the Quran over playing with friends. You see them sitting in rooms, retreated for the worship of the Lord of the Creations. So listen to me, we believe that there is a group of righteous people in this Ummah, even if people consider them disbelievers and harm them with all kinds of slander and accusation, but we find that most of the sheikhs of this age are arrogant hypocrites, far from the paths of the Gracious [God]. They show themselves in gatherings like an ordinary ram, but they are in fact like a wolf or a tiger. They praise themselves in competition, and say, “We are the people of Allah. Since our youth we have obeyed none but the Lord of the Worlds. Indeed, our souls are purified, our cups are full, and we are among the poor and those who submit to Allah, the Most High and the Lord of Honour. ” There is no dignity left in them without shedding tears, and no tenderness in their hearts. There is no innovation they did not invent, and no conspiracy