Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 482
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 482 Note that one’s weaknesses are presented in 1 َكاَّيِا ُدُبْعَن َو َكاَّيِا ُنْيِعَتْسَن َكاَّيِا ُدُبْعَن َو َكاَّيِا ُنْيِعَتْسَن and an appeal is made to God Almighty alone for His help and support. Thereafter, a prayer is beseeched to tread the path of the Prophets and Messengers, and a plea is made to attain the rewards that manifested in the world through the Prophets and Messengers, and that can only be attained through following and treading their footsteps. And then one supplicates God Almighty to protect him from the ways of those people who denied His Messengers and Prophets, behaved with audacity and mischief, and upon whom Divine wrath descended in this very world; or [from the ways of ] those who considered this world their true objective and abandoned the right path. The real purpose of Prayer is in fact supplication alone. One should supplicate so sincerity grows; perfect love of God Almighty is attained; and a natural hatred for disobedience, which is a great evil and taints one’s deeds black, is developed; and so that the soul is purified and the support of the Holy Spirit is attained. God should be given preference over all worldly things, its pomp and glory, its property and wealth, its honour and greatness, and He should be the dearest and most beloved. Other than this, a person who is following other tales and stories that are not even mentioned in the Book of Allah, such a one is abased and an absolute liar. The Prayer is, in fact, a supplication that is beseeched as instructed; that is, sometimes one has to stand, sometimes bow, and at times to prostrate. One who does not understand its essence, is left with only the shell. 1. Thee alone do we worship and Thee alone do we implore for help ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:5). [Publisher]