Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 391
24 September 1905 391 came to know that God exists from the predominance of love and manifestation of Divine attributes. They annihilated their own existence and being in front of His Existence and Being, and they became the embodiment of دشی نم وت دشم وت نم [I became you and you became me—two hearts united in one being]. In truth, from among the fruits of love, annihilation of one’s being is essential. There can be no objection against it. Rather, this appears to be validated by the Holy Quran. This is verily that state which is called fan a fill a h [self-annihilation into Allah], but this is not the state of the Wuj u d i s. Their sit- uation is—in a manner of speaking—as if doctors explaining, they have seen God Almighty. That is why they themselves also become God. This notion, however, is clearly absurd and wrong. Allah the Exalted clearly states: 1 اَل ُهُكِرْدُت ُراَصْبَاْلا اَل ُهُكِرْدُت ُراَصْبَاْلا It is the religious opinion of the Wuj u d i s that they alone recite ُ هّٰللّٰ ا اَلَ ِ ا َ ه ٰ ل ِ ا ۤ اَلَ ُ هّٰللّٰ ا اَلَ ِ ا َ ه ٰ ل ِ ا ۤ اَلَ [ L a il a ha illall a h— There is no one worthy of worship except Allah] and they alone are true monotheists; all others are polytheists. Its consequence was rampant permissiveness among the masses and a rising indulgence in sin and iniquity since they do not consider it h ar a m , nor do they deem Prayer, Fasting, and other commandments to be necessary. This has brought a great calamity upon Islam. In my opinion, there is hardly any difference between Wuj u d i s and atheists. These Wuj u d i s are highly despicable and detestable. It is an occasion of pity that of all the many gaddis [spiritual orders] that exist, there is perhaps not even a single one of them which does not subscribe to this belief. The greatest regret of all is that the sect of Syed ‘Abdul-Q a dir Jil a n i , may Allah have mercy on 1. Eyes cannot reach Him ( S u rah al-An‘ a m, 6:104). [Publisher]