Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 275
27 December 1905 275 that drinking a single drop will suffice when a person is thirsty, or will a person be satisfied with one grain or one morsel when suffering from extreme hunger? Certainly not. Rather, he will not be satisfied until he drinks water or eats food till he is sati- ated. In the same way, the expected fruits and results are not produced unless there is perfection in the actions. Imperfect deeds cannot please Allah the Exalted, nor can they draw His blessings. The promise of Allah the Exalted is indeed that you should do the deeds according to My will, and then I will bless you. In short, the people of the world make up these things them- selves, that one cannot live without lies and deceit. Someone says that such and such a person spoke the truth in the case, and that is why he was imprisoned for four years. Again, I will say that these are all vain speculations arising from a lack of insight. اہجں وشی ر خ بسک امکل نک ہک زع�ی� [Attain some excellence so people may admire you. ] These are the results of defects. Perfection does not produce such fruits. If a person sews up a tear in his thick homespun cotton cloak, it will not make him a tailor. And it will not nec- essarily follow that he will also be able to sew high-quality silk clothes. On the contrary, if he is given such clothes, the result will be that he will ruin them. Therefore, a virtuous deed mixed with base things is of no use, it has no value in the sight of God Almighty, but these people take pride in it and seek salvation through it.