Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 140
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 140 and recognising God is that man ought to remain engaged in prayers. A feminine state of being and cowardice yields no results. Manly steps ought to be taken in this quest. One should be prepared to bear all kinds of suffering; God Almighty ought to be their priority, and they should not be afraid. It can then be hoped that the succour of Allah the Exalted will descend, and He will bestow comfort. To achieve this, it is necessary for a person to purify his soul, as it is stated: 1 ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز Questioner— What is the use of prayer unless it rises from the heart? promised messiah as — That is indeed why I say that one should remain patient, and never be flustered by it. Whether one’s heart wants to [pray] or not, they should drag it to the mosque. Someone asked a pious man, ‘I offer the Prayer, yet still remain in doubt. ’ He replied, ‘You have taken charge of one part, and will obtain the other objective, too. Praying is an action, and if you persist with it, God willing, you will achieve the second part as well. ’ The fact is that one action originated from man, the out- come connected to it is another action, which is the act of Allah the Exalted. It is a person’s responsibility to make an effort and strive. It is the act of Allah the Exalted to purify and bestow perseverance as a result. A person who hastens, what can they achieve? Will he succeed sooner in this way? This haste ruins a person. He observes that even in the affairs of the world, nothing comes to fruition quickly. After all, things take their appointed time. 1. Surely, he prospers who augments it ( S u rah ash-Shams, 91:10). [Publisher]