Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 85
29 December 1904 85 comes only from God Almighty, He is its Source, and from there it descends. He gives to whom He wills and takes when He wills, but these ignorant people made a noble and dignified statement reprehensible, and made Jesus out to be arrogant!!! Notwithstanding, he was a man of humble disposition. The Way to Become Pure Hence, in my view, this is an excellent way to become purified, and it is impossible to find a better way than that. A person should not be arrogant nor show undue pride: not intellectual, not familial, not financial. When God Almighty bestows eyes upon someone, he sees that every light that can deliver him from these darknesses comes from heaven alone, and man is constantly in need of heavenly light. Even the eye cannot see until the light of the sun descends from the sky. Similarly, the inner light, which dispels all kinds of darkness and in its stead produces the light of taqw a [righteousness] and purity, comes from heaven. Verily, verily I say that man’s righteousness, faith, worship, and purity all come from heaven. And this is depend- ent upon the grace of God Almighty—He may continue it if He so wills or end it if He so desires. Therefore, the label of true cognisance can only be applied to a person who considers his own self to be devoid of all senses, akin to a mere corpse, and falls upon the threshold of Divinity asking for the grace of God Almighty in utter humility and helplessness, seeking that light of cognisance which burns the soul’s passions and inspires within him a light and a strength and zeal for virtue. So, if he is endowed a share [of this light of cognisance] by His grace and, at some point, readiness and will- ingness [to do good] develop in him, he should not be arrogant and boastful about it but rather become even more lowly and