Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 43
Mahzarnama 43 viz. A person who remains blind in this world in the sense that he does not behold the Flawless Being, he will remain blind even in the Hereafter and darkness will not leave him. Because it is in this very life that one is granted the faculties to behold God and one who has not taken these faculties along with him from this world, will be unable to behold God even in the Hereafter. In this verse, Allah has clearly explained what kind of progress He wants from the human beings, and the frontiers which one can reach by following its teachings. Then He presents, in the Holy Quran, the teaching through which, and by acting upon which, one can be blessed with beholding Allah, as He says: viz. one who wishes to be blessed with beholding God, the real God—the Creator—he ought to do such virtuous acts as have no disorderliness and corruption in them i. e. , his actions are not meant for showing off to the others, nor should they give rise to pride in his heart and an enhanced self-image. And neither should those actions be flawed or incomplete, nor have an offensive smell which is contrary to personal love. Rather these should be filled with truth and fidelity. And along with this, one must abstain from shirk of every kind. Neither the sun, nor the moon, stars in the heaven, air, fire, water, or anything else in the world be taken to be worthy of worship. The material resources must not be held in such reverence and relied so much upon as if those are partners with God. One must not set any stock by one's own drive and initiative—for this, too, is one among the many kinds of associating partners with God—rather, one must think that one has not done anything, after putting in all the effort. One must not be proud of one's knowledge nor gloat over one’s actions; instead one must, in reality, regard oneself as ignorant and indolent. One's soul must at all times be in prostration on the threshold of God—seeking His munificence through prayers. One must act like a person who is extremely thirsty and also