Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 99
99 Malfuzat – Volume IV image. This is why He states: 1 َا ْن َ ُل ُ ْب ُ َس ْ ُم ُ ِه َ ْن َـ ُي ِ ْد ْ ِه َ ْن َ ْل َا ْن ِْيْ َف ْا َو ُ ْد َ ْه َا ْج َ ُن ْ ُي ِ ِّذ َ ْل َوَا And as for those who strive in Our path — We will surely guide them in Our ways. Those who have deified the son of a woman—or a human being as one could say—have not recognised God, nor have they reflected over the essence of man. What is it to be human? Man is the collective form of all of God’s creatures in their entirety. All of the creatures in this world, be it a lamb or goat, or anything else, are all individual forms of the sum total of man’s faculties. For example, when a writer plans to write a book, they produce miscellaneous notes. Then the writer puts them in order and formulates them into a book. Similarly, all of God’s crea - tures are blueprints of the human faculties. In other words, this practical state of affairs demonstrates that human beings are vested with the most superior facul - ties. As such, the Christian faith denigrates the human faculties and puts forth a dangerous obstruction in the way of their perfection and development, because it deifies a man and makes his blood the basis of salvation. So, what I wanted to convey to you is that I tell people the true means by which they can be saved from sin. I show them the way by which they can develop true faith in God Almighty. This is the objective with which I have come to the world. It is my heartfelt desire for you to understand this and comprehend this fact with deep reflection, so that wherever you go and whenever you sit with your friends to narrate the wondrous tales of your travels, you also tell them about the things that I have said to you now. ” Mr Dickson said: “I have understood your objective most clearly and I assure you that wherever I go, I shall narrate this to the people of Europe. ” His Holiness as responded: “As soon as I saw your face, I knew that you were a fair-minded person. It was my heartfelt desire for you to stay with us for a few days so that I could have had a full opportunity to explain my beliefs to you, and so that you too could have had the opportunity to reflect and ask questions repeatedly. I trust that your contemplative disposition nonetheless will surely derive some benefit from what I have said. The hallmark of a person’s high moral standing is that they are always ready to accept the truth. Often a person does not depart from things, despite knowing they are clearly wrong, only because they 1 al-Ankabut, 29:70 p. 372