Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 293
29 December 1905 293 sincerity and steadfastness should show it through practical actions. Until a person steps forward practically, he cannot be called a believer in heaven. The idea may arise in some people’s minds that taxes are being imposed on us every day. How long can we go on bear- ing them? I know that not everyone has such a heart because not everyone has the same disposition. Many are miserly and of shallow capacity and say such things, but they do not realize that Allah the Exalted is not dependent on them. Such mis- givings always arise out of worldliness, and such people are deprived of Divine favour. But those who decide to move for- ward solely for the sake of God Almighty and give preference to His will, and whatever service they perform on this basis, Allah the Exalted Himself bestows the ability to do so upon them. And He places blessings in the wealth they spend to spread the message of Islam. This is the promise of Allah the Exalted, and those who move forward with honesty and sincerity must have seen how they are conferred Divine favour from within. The person who thinks we are being burdened daily is exceedingly ignorant. Allah the Exalted says again and again: 1 َو ِهّٰلِل ُنِٕىٓاَزَخ ِتٰوٰمَّسلا َو ِضْرَاْلا َو ِهّٰلِل ُنِٕىٓاَزَخ ِتٰوٰمَّسلا َو ِضْرَاْلا Meaning that with God are the treasures of the heavens and the earth. The hypocrites cannot understand this, but the believer has faith in this and is certain about it. Verily I say that if all the people who are present at this time and are members of this Movement, thinking that they will be burdened every day, give up and say in a miserly manner that we cannot do anything, then God Almighty will raise another nation that will gladly bear the burden of all these expenses and 1. S u rah al-Mun a fiq u n, 63:8 [Publisher]