Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 143
3 March 1905 143 within himself, he should know that he is still unworthy of even mentioning the name of religion. People also make the mistake of assuming that religion can- not be attained without the world. The Prophets, peace be on them, who came unto the world—did they strive and struggle for the world or for their faith? And despite the fact that all their attention and efforts were for their faith, did they remain unsuccessful in the world? Never! The world itself came and fell upon their feet. Know for sure that they, in a sense, divorced the world. It is a universal law of nature that those who come from God renounce the world. This means that they do not consider the world as their objective and goal, but the world becomes their servant and slave. However, those who consider the world to be their true objective, even if they attain the world to some extent, they ulti- mately suffer humiliation. True happiness and contentment are granted by the grace and beneficence of Allah the Exalted, and do not depend solely on the attainment of the world. Therefore, it is essential not to make these objects your gods. Believe in Allah the Exalted and consider Him the One and Only Being worthy of worship. Nothing happens until man believes. In the same way, if they give the world a share of their Prayer and Fasting, then that Prayer and Fasting cannot take them to their ultimate destination. Instead, they ought to become wholly for God. One will become a true Muslim only when they embody the verse: 1 َّنِا ْيِتاَلَص َو ْيِكُسُن َو َياَيْحَم َو ْيِتاَمَم ِهّٰلِل ِّبَر َنْيِمَلٰعْلا َّنِا ْيِتاَلَص َو ْيِكُسُن َو َياَيْحَم َو ْيِتاَمَم ِهّٰلِل ِّبَر َنْيِمَلٰعْلا One must be sincere and faithful like Abraham. Just as he was 1. My Prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are all for Allah, the Lord of the worlds ( S u rah al-An‘ a m, 6:163). [Publisher]