Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 278
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 278 I see these things happening because the majesty of Allah the Exalted is not ingrained in the heart. If the heart bears the impress of the grandeur and power of Allah the Exalted and has faith in His existence, it would be filled with fear, so that it would be saved from the sin, debauchery, and evil passions in which the world is immersed, and they would not place such conditions on coming to Him. What a strange phenomenon this is! Does a person who is ill go to the doctor and offer him something [in return for treatment] or impose the condition on him that if he gets bet- ter [upon his treatment], the doctor must pay him so much? People who talk like this are not interested in coming closer to God Almighty. The miserable world they present is their aim and objective. There is no burning desire in their hearts to be connected with Allah the Exalted or to turn their hearts and attention towards Him. They would not say such things if this deep sorrow and anxiety were to develop. When they become conscious of their illness, a person who is physically or spirit- ually ill goes around yearning helplessly and anxiously and has so much faith in the physician’s words that they take whatever he prescribes to get better. What a strange irony that they are supposedly coming towards [the spirituality of ] religion, while imposing a [materialistic] stipulation of the world as a means to that end!!! Some people are such that all their zeal evaporates the moment they face the slightest worldly difficulty. What would be the benefit of such people entering our Jam a ‘at, and what comparison would there be to the Companions ra ? The situa- tion of the Companions ra was indeed amazing. They also had wives and children, yet they laid down their lives in the way of God Almighty in the thousands. If they had not prioritised