The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 119
T H e J O u r NA l—F AT e H M A S IH T H e J O u r NA l—F AT e H M A S IH 119 upon a person’s heart, all the passions of the darkness of the ego become, as if, extinct. The reality of sin is none other than that there should be a cacophony of egoistic passions admixed with rebellion, and a person is labelled a sinner when he is in the state of subservience to them. And the meanings of ُّٰ الل َّ ل َٓ اِلٰہ َ اِل that we understand from the usage of Arabic lexicons are ُّٰ الل َّ ل َ مَطْلُوْب َ لِی ْ و َ ل َ مَحْبُوب َ لِی ْ و َ ل َ مَعْبُوْد َ لِی ْ و َ ل َ مُطَاع َ لِی ْ اِل Meaning that, with the exception of God, there is none whom I desire, or whom I love, or whom I worship, or whom I obey. Now, it is clear that these meanings are completely at odds with the essence of sin and the real source of sin. Therefore, the per- son who allows these meanings to occupy his soul with heartfelt sincerity, the meaning counter to it [i. e. submitting to false idols] will, of a necessity, leave his heart, because two opposites cannot coexist at one place. Thus, when egoistic passions get purged, then this is precisely the state that is called true piety and real righteousness. And the need to believe in the one sent by God—which is the purport of the second part of this declaration of faith—is that faith in God’s word should also be attained. This is because it is necessary for anyone who declares that he wishes to become obedient to God, that he should also believe in His commandments. And it is not possible to believe in His commandments without believing in the person through whom the commandments came into the world. This is the true purport of this declaration of faith. Even your Yas u ‘ [ Jesus] has pointed to this and has declared the basis of salvation to be the belief in God and in the Yas u ‘ whom He had sent. But, since you people are blind, even what