Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 11
7 November 1906 11 subservient to God Almighty. Nothing can be attained without His obedience. People ridicule and laugh at my statements now. They fail to understand my admonitions, but time itself will make them understand. Sufficient for Us is the Book of Allah Someone asked the question: Are those practices permissible that the Sufis have devised to increase focus, mainly, to sit in a particular manner, then the striking of the heart in a specific manner, reciting Dhikr-e- Arrah, 1 and other similar compilations? The Promised Messiah as responded: These are not permitted; rather, all of them are innovations. 2 ِّٰ هّٰلل حَسْبُنَا کِتٰب ُ ا ِّٰ هّٰلل حَسْبُنَا کِتٰب ُ ا For us, the pristine Book of Allah the Exalted— the Holy Quran—is sufficient. The Book of Almighty Allah is sufficient as a guide in reaching Him. The practices that these people have now adopted were not at all introduced by the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, nor his Companions ra. These are only inventions of these peo- ple and should be avoided. We do, nevertheless, say: 1. Literally means the ‘ dhikr of the saw’. It is a practice in Sufism where one utters a recitation that is meant to purify the heart quickly. The raspy manner of recitation sounds like a saw is being used. [Publisher] 2. Sufficient for us is the Book of Allah. [Publisher]