Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 238
238 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad essence of this detail that has been expounded in the Holy Quran? And the an- swer is: 1 َ اهلل اِلَّا تَعْبُدُوْۤا اَلَّا This means, do not worship anyone except God Almighty in any circumstance. The fact of the matter is that the ultimate purpose in the birth of human beings is this very worship. In this respect, Allah the Exalted states in another instance: 2 ِ لِيَعْبُدُوْن خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَ الْاِنْسَ اِلَّا وَمَا And I have not created the Jinn and the men but that they may worship Me. The Essence of Worship The actual meaning of worship is for man to do away with all forms of hard- heartedness and crookedness and clear the tilth of their heart just as a farmer tills the land. The Arabs refer to a smooth and levelled path as mawrun-mu’abbadun and this may be likened to collyrium so refined that it can be applied to the eyes. Similarly, when the tilth of the heart is sifted of pebbles and stones and completely levelled, as it were, and when it becomes so pure that nothing but the soul and the soul alone remains, this is what would be referred to as worship (ibadat). As such, if a mirror is purified and cleansed, one is able to see their own face reflected in it, and if the soil is purified and cleansed, it brings forth a diverse multitude of fruits. Hence, man has been created for worship and so, if he purifies his heart and clears it of all forms of crookedness, unevenness, pebbles and stones, one will see God in it. I reiterate that the trees of the love of Allah Almighty will take root in such a heart and they will grow and develop, until they begin to yield sweet and wholesome fruits that may be described as: 3 ٌ دَآئِم اُكُـلُهَا Its fruit is everlasting. Bear in mind that this is the very station where the spiritual quest of the sufis comes to an end. When a seeker reaches this rank, all they can see is a manifesta- tion of God, and God alone. The heart of such a one becomes the throne of God and Allah the Exalted descends upon it. All the stages of the spiritual quest reach 1 Hud , 11:3 2 adh-Dhariyat, 51:57 3 ar-Ra’d, 13:36