Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 516
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 516 pleased with Allah the Exalted. The merits and excellences of this lofty station defy expression in words. To become pleased with Allah the Exalted, cannot be attained by everyone; it is, in fact, the highest level of trust in Allah, cutting oneself off from the world—contentment and resignation to the will of God, where a person no longer has any misgivings and complaints about his Supreme Lord. And Allah the Exalted being pleased with His servant depends on the perfect sincerity and loyalty of the servant and the highest degree of his purity and piety and perfect obedience. From this, one learns that the Companions ra had completed all the stages of ma‘arifat [divine cognisance] and sul u k [journey to God]. If you search for an example of this among the disciples [of Jesus Christ], you will never find it. Therefore, it is not pru- dent to be pleased merely with the healing of the sick. One who craves spiritual excellence cannot be happy with these things. That is why I desire that you purify your heart and develop such a relationship with God Almighty that that Beneficent Supreme Lord becomes pleased with you, and you become pleased with Him. Then He will endow your body and your words with such blessings that even those who cure ailments will be astounded and humbled upon witnessing them. A Point of Profound Insight In the Holy Quran, there is no attribute in the form of an object associated with the name of God Almighty. He is Qudd u s [the Holy One] but not m‘a su m [protected] because the word m‘a su m shows that someone else is His protector. But the fact is that Almighty Allah is the Perfect and Holy God in His Being, and He alone is God, the One with no partner; so who can be His saviour?