Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 32
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 32 in whom Moses and his followers believe!’ Remember that such people are impotent and cowardly. Their situation is like that of a child who sometimes abuses his mother and father out of his lack of understanding, but no one considers this act of his as bad. So, remember that simply taking the Bai‘at [Pledge of Allegiance] and placing a hand under my hand is of no benefit. When a person is close to dying due to extreme thirst or hun- ger, will a drop of water or a grain of food save him from death? Certainly not. Just as providing enough food and water is nec- essary to save this body, in the same way, you cannot escape from the entirety of Hell by doing just a little good. So, do not remain deceived, thinking that now that we have placed our hand in his hand, we have nothing to worry about. Guidance is also a death, the person who inflicts this death upon himself is then given a new life, and this is indeed the belief of the holy people. Allah the Exalted has also said about this initial state: 1 اَهُّيَاٰۤي َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا ْمُكْيَلَع ْمُكَسُفْنَا اَهُّيَاٰۤي َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا ْمُكْيَلَع ْمُكَسُفْنَا Meaning that, correct your own self first. Get rid of your dis- eases. Do not worry about others. Yes, indeed, reform your own selves at night and during the day, impart some guidance to others as well. May God Almighty forgive you, liberate you from your sins, remove your weaknesses from you, and give you the ability to progress in righteous deeds and goodness. A m i n. 2 1. S u rah al-M a ’idah, 5:106 [Publisher] 2. Al- H akam, vol. 8 no. 38, 39, p. 6–8, dated 10 & 17 November 1904