Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 34
34 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad cannot be spoiled, but human forms of beautification lose their grace eventually. I openly proclaim on the basis of my experience that until a person brings about a change within themselves that is in accordance with the will of God Almighty and the practice of the Holy Prophet sas , and until one begins to tread the path of piety, even if a sound does resonate from their heart, the poison that destroys a person’s spirituality cannot be removed. There is only one way established by God Almighty by which a person can nurture and develop their spirituality and that is by following the Messenger of Allah. The people who demonstrate these spectacles of the moving heart, have gravely dishonoured the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet sas. Has there been anyone greater in this world than the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? Now would the Holy Prophet sas sit in the cave of Hira and practice methods of putting his heart in motion or was he a man whose person was completely annihilated in God? Moreover, there is not a single example from the life of the Holy Prophet sas in which he taught the companions to engage in exercises to put their hearts in motion. Furthermore, never did anyone with a moving heart demonstrate this practice, nor did anyone ever narrate that they observed the Holy Prophet sas in the aforementioned state. All such practices that are not mentioned in the Holy Quran at even a single instance are but human inventions and notions that have never brought forth any results. What the Holy Quran does teach is that one should love God and for one to hold true to the words: 1 ِ ٗه ٰ ُل ِ ْل ًا ْب ُ ُحُـ ْد ََشَ ا Stronger in their love for Allah. One is instructed to act on the teaching: 2 ُهللُ ُيُْحِْبِْبُْكُُمُ ا ْي ُِعُْوِْنِ ْب َّتَ َفَا Follow me: then will Allah love you. One is taught to become so completely annihilated in God that one becomes imbued in the hue that is characterised by the words: 3 ًْلًا ْي ِ ُت ْ ِب َ َّت ِ ٗه ْ ْي َ ْل ِ ا َْْل َت َ ِب َ َّت Devote thyself to Him with full devotion. 1 al-Baqarah , 2:166 2 Aal-e-Imran, 3:32 3 al-Muzzammil , 93:7