Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 240
240 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1 ُ مِنْ قَبْل الَّذِيْ رُزِقْنَا هٰذَا This is what was given us before. The paradise that one is granted on earth is attained by acting on the following: 2 قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكّٰىهَا He indeed truly prospers who purifies the soul. When an individual grasps the true spirit and essence of worship, they begin to receive a constant shower of God’s favours and gifts. Those bounties which an individual will receive after death in the apparent, visible and tangible sense are received here in the spiritual sense. So remember, until a life of paradise begins in this life and a person experiences its pleasure in this world, one must not be satiated and satisfied, for one who attains nothing in this world but expects paradise in the hereafter, entertains a vain hope. Such an individual holds true to the following verse: 3 الْاٰخِرَةِ اَعْمٰى فَهُوَ فِـي مَنْ كَانَ فِـيْ هٰذِهٖۤ اَعْمٰى But whoso is blind in this world will be blind in the Hereafter. Therefore, until you remove the pebbles and rocks of that which is besides Allah from the soil of your heart, and purify it in the likeness of a mirror and refine it in the nature of collyrium, do not rest. The Need for A Perfect Guide Indeed, it is true that one cannot traverse this stage of the spiritual quest without the support of a person who can purify his soul. It is for this objective and pur- pose that Allah the Exalted sent the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as a perfect example. After this, God Almighty instituted a system of the coming of those who were true successors of the Holy Prophet sa , so that the imprudent Brahmos would stand refuted. For example, it is a well estab- lished fact that a child with no background in farming would uproot the plant itself when weeding a patch of soil and softening it for cultivation. In the same manner, one cannot undertake this spiritual cultivation fully until they follow a 1 al-Baqarah, 2:26 2 ash-Shams, 91:10 3 Bani Isra'il , 17:73