Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 76
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 76 [the heart] is not cleansed—what is that uproar? It is verily sin, iniquity, and the love of the world. Certainly, it is another issue to state something in the manner of a thief, 1 but those who speak with the R uh ul-Qudus [Spirit of Holiness], utter nothing without taqw a. Instil this firmly in your minds that taqw a is the key to all religious knowledge. Man cannot attain it without taqw a as God Almighty has stated, 2 َكِلٰذ ُبٰتِكْلا اَل َبْيَر١ۛۖۚ ِهْيِف١ۛۚ ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۰۰۠ ّٓمٓلا۰۰ َكِلٰذ ُبٰتِكْلا اَل َبْيَر١ۛۖۚ ِهْيِف١ۛۚ ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۰۰۠ ّٓمٓلا۰۰ This Book guides those who practice taqw a , and who are they? 3 َنْيِذَّلا َنْوُنِمْؤُي ِبْيَغْلاِب َنْيِذَّلا َنْوُنِمْؤُي ِبْيَغْلاِب Those who believe in the unseen; meaning, that God is not yet visible. And then they make their Prayer stand; meaning, full enjoyment and passion does not yet develop in Prayer; never- theless, they still offer Prayer in a state of disengagement, dis- interest, and distractions. Furthermore, they spend somewhat out of whatsoever We have given them, and they believe in all that has been revealed to you [the Holy Prophet s as ], or that was revealed before you. These are the initial stages and characteristics of a muttaq i [righteous person]. As I had related once before, here appar- ently the objection can be raised that when they believe in God, 1. From Badr : ‘Almighty Allah has forbidden that someone may, together with sin, iniquity and mischief, also attain religious knowledge. Indeed yes, if, like a thief, someone takes another’s statement and gives expression to it, then that is stolen property. But those words that come with the support of R uh ul- Qudus cannot be attained without taqw a. Taqw a is the key to all religious knowledge. ’ ( Badr , vol. 6, no. 3, p. 12, dated 17 January 1907) 2. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:2–3 [Publisher] 3. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:4 [Publisher]