Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 330
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 330 sends us back into the world through rebirth in the form of snakes, scorpions, dogs, and pigs. These religions are devoid of the blessing that after attaining purity, a person can hear the voice of God declaring ْد َو ُ ج ْ َو َ م ْ ل َا ا ن َ ا [‘I am present’]. That is why these people are lying in the darkness of heedlessness. Importance of Striving The Promised Messiah as said: Those who strive in the way of God, who bow down before Him with true taubah [repentance], find God, but those who do not tread upon the path He has guided to, and do not work hard in doing so, it is difficult for them to achieve this. The analogy of these people is like a father leaving a will for his sons that a treasure is buried for them at such and such place and it is at such and such depth in the earth. How can they find it unless they make an effort to dig it up? 1 1. Badr , vol. 1, no. 21, p. 2, dated 24 August 1905