Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 477
27 September 1905 477 have I seen his children begging for crumbs. 1 In fact, Allah the Almighty favours them for many generations. Hence, become pious yourself and be a good example of piety and taqw a [righteousness] for your children and make efforts and pray to make them righteous and pious. As much effort as you make to accumulate wealth for them, make as much effort in this regard as well. Remember it well that so long as a bond does not exist with God and a sincere link is not established with Him, nothing can be beneficial. Look at the Jews, are they not the children of the Prophets? They are the nation that used to boast about it and would say: 2 ُنْحَن اُؤٰٓنْبَا ِهّٰللا َو ٗهُؤٓاَّبِحَا ُنْحَن اُؤٰٓنْبَا ِهّٰللا َو ٗهُؤٓاَّبِحَا ‘We are the children of Allah and His beloved. ’ However, when they broke the bond with Allah Almighty and took this world to be their only priority, what was the out- come? God Almighty called them pigs and apes. And the con- dition they are in now, despite their wealth, is not hidden from anyone. Therefore, do what sets the best example and lesson for your children, and for that it is necessary to reform yourself first. If you become a righteous and pious person of the highest order, and you succeed in pleasing God Almighty, one can rest assured that Almighty Allah will deal benevolently with your children as well. There is an incident about Khi d r and Moses, peace be on them, mentioned in the Holy Quran that they both worked together to make a wall which belonged to some orphan children. There, Almighty Allah says: 1. See Psalms 37:25 [Publisher] 2. S u rah al-M a ’idah, 5:19 [Publisher]