Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 86
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 86 humble, since the more he considers himself to be nothing, the more the qualities and light will descend from God Almighty, which will bestow light and strength upon him. If a person adopts this belief, it is hoped that by the grace of Allah the Exalted, his moral condition will become excellent. To think of oneself as something in the world is also arrogance and brings this same condition into being, and then the state of a person becomes such that he curses others and holds them contemptible. The Purpose of the Establishment of Ahmadiyya Jam a ‘at I say all these things repeatedly because God Almighty, who has desired to create this Jam a ‘at, has done so for the very purpose that the true spiritual cognisance that has disappeared from the world, and the real taqw a [righteousness] and purity that is not found in this age, should be re-established. In general, the world is full of arrogance. Scholars are trapped in bragging and arrogance about their knowledge. If you look at the ascetics, their condition is becoming altogether different; they no longer have anything to do with self-refor- mation. Their purpose is limited only to the body. Therefore, their strivings and exercises are also of an altogether different type, such as Dhikr-i-Arrah , etc. , whose origin from the foun- tainhead of prophethood cannot be ascertained. I see that their attention is not at all toward purifying the heart; it is the body and only the body that remains and there is no sign of spiritual- ity in it whatsoever. These strivings cannot purify the heart nor bestow any true light of cognisance. So, this age is now completely empty. The method of purification of the Holy Prophet has been completely abandoned and forgotten. Allah the Exalted now