Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 244
244 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad رگدو رگام دگا و وگراتسن Dust, heat, beggars and graveyards. I also visited Multan once. Wherever one goes to visit a tomb, the attendants will surround a man for money. Just look at what goes on in Pakpattan thanks to the dead. Visit Ajmer and see what goes on there. Innovations in the faith and self-invented beliefs are rampant. In short, if one looks towards the dead, one will find nothing but innovations in the faith and forbidden practices. The right path (sirat-e-mustaqim) which Allah the Exalted has appointed for us is the way of the living, not the path of the dead. Therefore, one who desires to attain God—the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining God—must search for the living. For our God is a Living God, not dead. If those people whose God is dead and whose scripture is dead, seek blessings from the dead, this would not be surprising. It would be surprising, however, if a true Muslim, whose God is living, whose Prophet is liv- ing, whose Book is living, and whose religion has always welcomed the living; and for whom in every era, a living man has come to grant a living faith in the ex- istence of God Almighty, turns their back to the living and remains lost in search of decayed bones and shrines. Seek the Company of the Living Hence, you ought to seek the company of those who are living and return time and again to sit with them. I would also say that once or twice is not enough to receive a full influence. The way of Allah is that progress is gradual, just as was the case with the community of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Therefore, the community which is to be established on the precepts of prophethood will also grow according to the law of gradual development. Therefore, you ought to put aside your worldly affairs and return here, again and again, and remain in my company for good amounts of time, as the companions were accustomed in the time of the Holy Prophet sa , so that you too can witness and find what Abu Bakr ra , Umar ra and others, may Allah be pleased with all of them, attained. Someone rightly says: �ُوں ولڑ ن � �ُوں ولڑ دقمیم �ی� ا وتُں اہلل ت � ا �ی� You can either give precedence to your worldly affairs or give precedence to Allah.