Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 478
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 478 1 ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز This alludes to the fact that man be pleased in the pleasure of God, and be one with Him, man associates none with God, and between him and God no distance or separation remains. The Need for Sincerity, Loyalty & Steadfastness This is no insignificant affair. This is the difficult valley that is traversed after great hardships and tests. The Prayer that you people offer is the very Prayer the Companions ra offered, and through this very Prayer they attained great spiritual benefits and lofty ranks. The difference is only of attentiveness and sin- cerity. If you also carry the same sincerity, faithfulness, loyalty, and steadfastness, then through that very Prayer you can still attain those very ranks that were achieved by those before you. You should be prepared to suffer hardship in God’s way at all times. Keep in mind! If you do not make a sincere and faithful effort, nothing can be achieved. There are many who take Bai‘at [the Pledge of Allegiance] here, and after returning home, if they face even a minor inconvenience or someone threatens them, they immediately become apostates. Such people are faithless. Look at the Companions ra ; they had their heads sev- ered for the sake of the Faith and were ready to sacrifice all their life and property in the way of God. They did not care about the animosity of any enemy. They were always ready to bear all kinds of hardships and tolerate all sorts of difficulties in the way of God Almighty. They had decided this in their hearts. 1. Surely, he prospers who augments it ( S u rah ash-Shams, 91:10). [Publisher]