Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 125
125 رگ ابندش ہب دوتس راہ رُبدن ِ قشع تس دربلط رُمدن رشط Even if no path remains to lead one to the beloved; love demands that one dies in this pursuit. Allah the Exalted observes a person until the very end. A person who is insincere and treacherous in the estimation of God, cannot advance towards Him. بلط اگر اب�ی� د وبصر و ومحل �ُول مل یم�ی� ا رگ ک� �ی�دہ ام ن � ش س ن � ہک A seeker must remain patient and enduring; Never have I seen an alchemist tire in his quest. Even though alchemists know that nothing has been achieved so far, they persis- tently endure in their magical experiments. What I mean to say is that first and foremost, it is patience that is required; and with this, if a person possesses a good nature, Allah the Exalted will not let them go to waste. The fundamental purpose of life is to love God Almighty. However, in my view, love is the next stage, or rather, it is the end result. The most important thing to begin with is that one possesses certainty of belief in the existence of Allah Almighty. It is only after this that a person’s soul develops an attraction by itself and is naturally drawn towards God. The more one grows in cognisance and insight of the Divine the more they will increase in pleasure and joy. Without divine insight, no pleasure can be attained. The real source of pleasure and delight is, in fact, insight of mat- ters divine. Deeper Insight It is deeper insight alone which gives birth to love. The union of insight and love begets pleasure. One ought to remember that the mere observance of beauty is not sufficient to arouse a sense of love, until one develops a deeper understanding and insight. Know for certain that love is impossible without insight. How can one love someone without first gaining a deeper understanding of their being? To think otherwise is to entertain an imaginary belief. There are many people who consider a weak human to be God. What pleasure can such people derive from the true God? The Christians deify the Messiah as and go on chanting that ‘God p. 111