Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 477
3 October 1907 477 as salaries. They are willing to give their lives for ten to twelve rupees, but how regrettable it is that for the sake of God and to attain eternal Paradise and His eternal pleasure, they have no worry. One should Strive for Eternal Happiness When such kinds of effort can be expended for material things, then what is the reason that so much effort is not made for true comfort and eternal happiness? In reality, such people do not value God and His reward and honour. If they had valued them, then they would not have desisted from even sacrificing their life. True life and perfect peace is that which is attained by dying in the way of God. True life is only attained by bringing a death upon oneself. Such people who wander aimlessly in search of charms and spells, do not desire to devote any effort for religion, rather they desire that their heart be cleansed whilst sitting comfortably at home. In fact, false stories and tales have greatly damaged these people, and from such things they have surmised that faith is something that can be attained through spells and amulets. This is indeed the reason why these people have devised some disciplines and by acting on them they say that the heart ‘flows towards Allah’. The irony is that despite this state, their prac- tical condition deteriorates even further. One discipline out of such practices is the recitation of Arrah 1 which eventually results in [contracting] tuberculosis; whereas God Almighty has established only one path, as He has stated: 1. See footnote for Dhikr Arrah on page 11. [Publisher]