Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 22
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 22 heart fails to confess, then these are merely verbal claims and salvation cannot be achieved from this until his heart believes and its believing would inevitably manifest these matters in his practical conduct. Until that time, it bears no fruit. 1 Verily I say that the true objective can only be attained when one turns to God abandoning everything and truly gives precedence to faith over the world. Remember! Man can mislead created beings and people can be deceived by seeing someone offering the five daily Prayers or carrying out other good deeds, but God Almighty cannot be deceived. Therefore, there should be a special sincerity in one’s actions, and this is the only thing that can develop integrity and beauty in actions. Now, bear this in mind! What are the meanings of the Kalimah [the declaration of faith in Islam] that we recite daily? The Kalimah means that man acknowledges with his tongue and attests with his heart that for him there is no one worthy of worship except God Almighty, who is his beloved and his objective. The word َ اِلٰہ َ اِلٰہ — il a h a is used for beloved, true objec- tive, and the one worthy of worship. This Kalimah is the essence of the entire teaching of the Noble Quran that has been taught to Muslims. Since it is not easy to memorise a large and com- prehensive book, this Kalimah was, therefore, taught so that an individual could keep the essence of the Islamic teaching in view at every moment. 2 The truth is that there is no salvation 1. From Badr: ‘The faith that remains confined only to the tongue and does not have a relation with the heart, is filthy, useless and weak. It can neither be of use to you in this world, nor in the Hereafter. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, nos. 1, 2, p. 11 , dated 10 January 1907) 2. From Badr: ‘Allah Almighty is H ak i m [the All-Wise]. He has advanced a brief statement. Its meanings are that so long as God is not given precedence, so long as God is not deemed as the One worthy of worship, and so long as God is not considered to be the objective, a person cannot attain salvation. ’ ( Badr, vol. 6, nos. 1, 2, p. 11, dated 10 January 1907)