Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 236
236 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 An Alchemy Recipe In my opinion, the greatest idolaters are the alchemists. They roam around in vain searching for sustenance and do not take advantage of the means that Allah the Exalted has provided for its lawful attainment, nor do they put their trust in God Almighty, whereas He says: و فِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ) (and in the heavens is your sustenance and that which you are promised). I want to inform such avaricious people of an alchemy recipe on the condition that they act upon it. God Almighty states: وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا وَ يَرْزُقُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ 2 Thus, taqwa [righteousness] is such a quality that whoever attains this, it is as if they have attained all the bounties of the world. Remember that a righteous one is never dependent on anyone, rather he is at such a station that whatever he desires God provides it for him even before he even asks for it. Once I saw Allah the Exalted in the form of a [human] manifestation in a vision. Putting His hand around my neck, He said: جے توں میرا ہو رہیں سب جگ تیرا ہو If you will be devoted to Me, the whole world will be yours. 1. Sūrah adh-Dhāriyāt, 51:23 [Publisher] 2. And he who fears Allah-He will make for him a way out, and will provide for him from where he expects not (Sūrah at-Talāq, 65:3-4). [Publisher]