Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 459
26 September 1905 459 1 ْنِا ْمُتْنُك َنْوُّبِحُت َهّٰللا ْيِنْوُعِبَّتاَف۠ ُمُكْبِبْحُي ُهّٰللا َو ْرِفْغَي ْمُكَل ْمُكَبْوُنُذ ْنِا ْمُتْنُك َنْوُّبِحُت َهّٰللا ْيِنْوُعِبَّتاَف۠ ُمُكْبِبْحُي ُهّٰللا َو ْرِفْغَي ْمُكَل ْمُكَبْوُنُذ Meaning that if you love Almighty Allah, then follow me. The result of this obedience will be that Allah Almighty will love you and forgive your sins. So now it is clearly proven from this verse that unless a person is a perfect follower of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he will not be able to receive favours and blessings from Almighty Allah, nor will he be conferred that spiritual cognition and insight that cools down the fire of his sinful life and carnal passions. Such are the people who are included in the meaning of ْ ِی ََت عُلَمَآ اُم ْ ِی ََت عُلَمَآ اُم [‘the scholars of my Ummah’]. In short, on the one hand, He told the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: 2 ۤاَّنِا َكٰنْيَطْعَا َرَثْوَكْلا ۤاَّنِا َكٰنْيَطْعَا َرَثْوَكْلا While on the other hand, he said to this Ummah: 3 ْمُتْنُك َرْيَخ ٍةَّمُا ْمُتْنُك َرْيَخ ٍةَّمُا That it might be a blow to the Jews. Nevertheless, my opponents relay the strange belief that this Ummah—despite being the Best Ummah—is still the Worst Ummah. Among the Children of Israel, the honour of Divine dialogue was conferred even to the extent of women, but even the men of this Ummah—irre- spective of how immensely pious they may be and how hard 1. S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:32 [Publisher] 2. Surely We have given thee abundance of good ( S u rah al-Kauthar, 108:2). [Publisher] 3. You are the best people raised for the good of mankind ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3: 111). [Publisher]