Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 317
21 July 1907 317 brother with contempt, rather pray for him. Do not quarrel with him rather show concern for his reformation. Keep your Death in Mind One person submitted that he does not experience pleasure during Prayers. The Promised Messiah as said: Keep death in mind. This is indeed the best method. The real root of the sin that a person commits in this world is that he has forgotten death. The person that remembers death, does not find much solace in worldly matters, but the one who forgets death, his heart hardens, and unending desires arise in him. He makes plans with great expectations in his heart. One should envision the distress of the heart experienced at the instant when one is on board a ship that is about to sink. At such a time, can a person bring to mind the thoughts of committing sins? Similarly, since death appears before a person at the time of an earthquake or plague, he cannot commit sin or divert his mind toward evil. Therefore, keep your death in mind. Greetings of Sal a m from God Almighty A friend submitted that the opponents had stopped greeting them with sal a m [the customary Muslim greeting of peace]. The Promised Messiah as replied: What will you gain from their greeting of sal a m ? Sal a m [peace] is that which is from God Almighty. The sal a m from God is that which kept Hadrat Ibr a h i m as safe from the fire. If one does