Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 74
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 74 1 اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا This shows that there is a great need for prayer for the mani- festations of God Almighty’s splendour and mercy. So, always remain diligently devoted to prayer and do not ever get tired. The second aspect of prayer is to reform the self and attain the ability to do virtuous deeds to meet a good end. In this, the degree to which one trusts Allah the Exalted, has faith in Him, and moves forward untiringly, is the degree to which one will attain excellent results and fruits. All difficulties will be removed, and the supplicant will reach the lofty station of righteousness. It is absolutely true that no one can become pure until God Almighty purifies him. Death comes upon the carnal passions only through the grace of God Almighty and zeal; this grace and zeal develop only through prayer, and this strength is attained only through prayer. I am saying it again that the Muslims—and particularly our Jam a ‘at—must never ever underestimate the value of prayer, for this is precisely the prayer in which Muslims should take pride. Other religions merely have dirty stones before them for prayer, 2 and they cannot pay attention. 1. Guide us in the right path ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:6). [Publisher] 2. In al-Badr, it is written as follows: Like other Muslims, our Jam a ‘at should never underestimate prayer and should remove all stones from its path that have become an ob- struction to it. Just as the flow of water stops when stones obstruct its path, other people have put dirty stones in the path of prayer, which are their evil deeds and erroneous beliefs. However, you should not be- come like them. Moreover, do not do any work without prayer. Make it a habit to pray while walking, standing, sitting, sleeping, and being awake, and do not neglect it at all. Do not be like the Christians who have eliminated the need for prayer by relying on the Atonement’ ( Al- Badr, vol. 4, no. 2, p. 2, dated 10 January 1905).