Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 219
26 December 1905 219 Meaning that the righteous are those who believe in God—who is still behind the veil of the unseen—who establish Prayer and spend [in the way of Allah] out of whatsoever We have given them. And they believe in this Book that has been revealed to you and whatsoever was revealed before you, and they believe in the Hereafter. These are the attributes of the righteous that are mentioned. Now, a question naturally arises here that the purpose and aim of this Book has been stated as being ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠. However, the attributes of the righteous that are then mentioned are all those found in a godly man; that is, someone who believes in God, offers Prayer, gives charity, believes in the Book of Allah and the Day of Judgment. So, given that the person who already possesses these attributes and is called righteous and abides by these particulars, then what guidance did he attain from this Book? What additional matter is there in this for which this Book was revealed? From this it becomes patently clear that there is some other matter that has been placed in this guidance because these matters which have been mentioned as attributes of the righteous are conditions for attaining the guidance that this Book has as its fundamental aim and purpose of providing. Rather, that guidance is something altogether different, and it is a lofty matter which God Almighty has revealed to me and which I set forth. The Next Stage after Belief in the Unseen So remember that among the attributes of a righteous person, the one mentioned first is َنْوُنِمْؤُي ِبْيَغْلاِب َنْوُنِمْؤُي ِبْيَغْلاِب ; that is, they have faith in the unseen. So this is the description of the initial condition of a believer that he has believed in those things which he has not seen. Ghaib [Unseen] is the name of Allah the Exalted.