Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 270
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 270 Meaning: Say, ‘If you love Allah, follow me: then will Allah love you. ’ Now, instead of this love of Allah and instead of following the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, love of the world has been given precedence. Is this what following the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, means? Was the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, a worldly man? Did he charge interest? Or was he negligent in fulfilling the obliga- tions and commands of God? Was there (God forbid) hypoc- risy in him, or was he obsequious? Did he give preference to the world over religion? Reflect. Obedience means to follow in his [the Holy Prophet’s] footsteps and see what kinds of grace God Almighty then bestows. The Companions ra had embraced that conduct. Observe then how far Allah the Exalted advanced them from where He found them. They had abandoned the world and wholly separated themselves from the love of the world. They had inflicted death upon their material desires. Now compare your situation with theirs. Are you following in their footsteps? Alas, people do not understand what God Almighty desires from them at this time. ٍ خَطِیْئَۃ ِّ ُل ك ُ رَأْس ٍ خَطِیْئَۃ ِّ ُل ك ُ رَأْس —[The root of all evil] has given birth to many children. A person goes to court and does not have the slightest sense of shame or self-respect in providing false testimony in exchange for a paltry sum. Can lawyers swear that all the witnesses they present are truthful? The state of the world today has become rather precarious. From whichever way one looks at things, false testimony is fabricated. Filing a false case is a trivial matter. Fraudulent documents are manufac- tured. If they state something, they will do so evading the truth.