Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 233
26 December 1905 233 The Status of Lill a h i Waqf Nevertheless, according to the intent of ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ —[ hudal-lil- muttaq i n —a guidance for the righteous] an individual has not yet reached the place where the Holy Quran wants to take him, and that is the place where a person dedicates his entire life to God Almighty. And this is called lill a h i waqf [dedicating one’s life in the way of Allah]. When a person reaches this state and stage, there is no اَّمِم اَّمِم [from what We] left in him, because as long as he is within the limit of اَّمِم اَّمِم [from what We], he is imperfect and has not reached the goal of the Holy Quran. He becomes perfect only when this limit no longer remains. His being, his every act, every movement, every pause, become devoted to the welfare of humanity solely under the com- mand and will of Allah the Exalted. In other words, one can say that the perfection of اَّمِم ْمُهٰنْقَزَر َنْوُقِفْنُي اَّمِم ْمُهٰنْقَزَر َنْوُقِفْنُي [ mimm a razaqn a hum yunfiq u na— spend out of what We have provided for them] is indeed to come in accord with the intent of ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠. 1 The Fourth Attribute of the Muttaq i After that, another attribute of the muttaq i [a righteous one] is mentioned; that is, they believe in accord with َو َنْيِذَّلا َنْوُنِمْؤُي ۤاَمِب َلِزْنُا َكْيَلِاَكْيَلِاَو َنْيِذَّلا َنْوُنِمْؤُي ۤاَمِب َلِزْنُا [those who believe in what has been revealed to you], and similarly, they also believe in what Allah the Exalted revealed before the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. But now the question is, if this is all the faith they have, what is the guidance? The guidance is that such a per- son himself becomes so worthy that the door of revelation and inspiration is opened for him by Allah the Exalted. And that 1. Al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 3, p. 4, 5, dated 24 January 1906