Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 231
26 December 1905 231 1 اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا was taught, and God said that you should pray that, O Allah guide us to the straight path—that straight path which is the path of those people who received Your favours and bounties. And along with this prayer, God gave the good news in the very first verse of S u rah al-Baqarah: 2 َكِلٰذ ُبٰتِكْلا اَل َبْيَر١ۛۖۚ ِهْيِف١ۛۚ ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ َكِلٰذ ُبٰتِكْلا اَل َبْيَر١ۛۖۚ ِهْيِف١ۛۚ ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ It is as if the souls make a prayer, and at the same time, accept- ance of the prayer shows its effect, and that promise of the acceptance of prayer sees fulfilment in the form of the revela- tion of the Holy Quran. There is supplication on one side, and its result is present immediately on the other. This is the grace and beneficence of God Almighty that He showed. But alas, the world is unaware and oblivious to it and is perishing by stay- ing away from it. Again, I say that the attributes of the righteous that God Almighty described at the beginning of the Holy Quran are classed as ordinary attributes. But when a person believes in the Holy Quran and makes it a manual for his guidance, then he attains those high levels and stages of guidance that are the objective of ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ —[ hudal-lil-muttaq i n —a guidance for the righteous]. One experiences such pleasure and exhilaration beholding this raison d’etre for the Holy Quran which I can- not describe in words because it shows the special grace of God Almighty and the perfection of the Holy Quran. 1. S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:6 [Publisher] 2. This is a perfect Book; there is no doubt in it ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:3). [Publisher]