Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 253
253 1 ْ لَّهُم وَ النَّارُ مَثْوًى Meaning, hell will be their resort. Therefore, remember that there are two as- pects. Firstly, there is the greatness of Allah and one who rejects this goes against the dictates of good morals. Secondly, there is kindness towards the creation of Allah and a person who opposes humanity also stands against good morals. Alas! There are very few who reflect over these points, which are the true purpose and objective of man’s life. Self-Invented Invocations and Incantations Renowned sufis and the successors of saints have deemed the height of their excel- lence to lie in long and enormous invocations, incantations and practices, which they have invented themselves. They have become engrossed in these practices and have lost the true essence of faith. Then, their greatest accomplishment, if an- ything, is that they will undertake forty-day retreats. They will take certain items along and appoint a person who will bring them milk or something else on a daily basis. These retreats are generally undertaken in dark, narrow and filthy rooms, or in a cave, and those who practice these exercises lay there in these rooms. God knows how they are able to remain in such places. Then when these people come out of the room, they emerge in a terrible state. This is what is left of Islam. I cannot understand how these retreats of seclusion benefit Islam, the Muslims or humanity at large, and how this improves a person’s morals? The Lofty Grandeur of the Holy Prophet sa The honour of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is greater than the honour of all others, which has left its imprint on the entire Islamic world. It is the honour and indignation of the Holy Prophet sa that revived the world once again. Nothing had remained among the Arabs except for fornica- tion, alcohol and war, and the rights due to God’s creatures had been thrown away altogether. All traces of sympathy and welfare of humanity had vanished. While the rights of God’s creatures had wasted away, the rights due to God had been obscured by darkness to an even greater extent. The attributes of God had been ascribed to stones, plants and stars. Diverse forms of polytheism were rampant. The world was engaged in worshipping weak humans and even genitalia. If an 1 Muhammad , 47:13