Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 312
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 312 Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, com- pletely and truly. Then you will come to know what blessings are received. I openly declare that the Companions ra had a calibre of faith that you do not possess. They made their decision for God. Such people die before death, and before they give the sacrifice, they resolve that they have given it. The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says: Is the sta- tus of Ab u Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) due to Prayer, Fasting, charity, and almsgiving? No. Rather, his rank has become elevated on account of that which is in his heart. In reality, it is that same thing that also becomes the cause and reason for these actions. All the godly people that have passed, their status was not because of these actions. Others also carried out these actions. The mosques are full. 1 These peo- ple live base lives. They do not become separate by abandoning the world and its impurities. There is no spirit of life in their actions, but when a person emerges forth from this base life, there is sincerity in his actions. He becomes separated from all kinds of unholiness. Then he finds the strength and power to bear [the burden of ] that thing which is the trust of Allah, which is difficult to lift, the knowledge of which even the angels do not have. They offer the same Prayer and Fasting as the rest of the world does, but the difference between their Prayer and the Prayer of the worldly ones is the difference between the earth and the heavens. Hadrat Sayyid ‘Abdul-Q a dir Jil a n i , may Allah be pleased with him, was very sincere and worthy of glory. Did people not pray and fast during his era? Then why does he have excel- lence and superiority over all of them? Because others did not 1. Al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 24, p. 2, 3, dated 10 July 1906