Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 400
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 400 Undated 1 Excellences of a Perfect Teaching A religious sect that only emphasizes abandoning a few things and nothing more was mentioned. The Promised Messiah as said: This teaching is deficient. Wa su l [closeness to God] cannot be attained by tark [abandoning of sin] alone because abandon- ing [of sin] does not necessarily lead to receiving closeness to God. For example, a person wants to go to Lahore but not to Gurdaspur. Just because he did not go to Gurdaspur does not mean he has reached Lahore. Abandoning sin is one thing, and pursuing virtuous deeds and closeness to God is another. The Christians have also been greatly deceived in this matter, and due to this, they have invented the erroneous Doctrine of Atonement that our sins have been removed by the hanging of Yas u‘ [on the cross]. First, it is simply wrong to say that one person being hanged will remove everyone’s sins. Secondly, even if sin is removed, the mere absence of sin is not any excellence. There are many insects and sheep in the world who are not responsible for any sin, but they cannot be counted among the near and dear ones of God Almighty. And similarly, there are many such types of naive and simple-minded people who do not commit any sin; neither theft nor adultery, nor lying, wickedness, nor treach- ery, but because of not committing these sins, they cannot be counted among the close friends of God. 1. Although there is no date recorded on these Malf uza t, it is estimated that they are from the last week of June 1906 or the first ten days of July 1906. ِ وَاب َّ ُّٰ اَعْلَم ُ بِالص هّٰلل و َا ِ وَاب َّ ُّٰ اَعْلَم ُ بِالص هّٰلل و َا [And Allah knows best the truth]. (Compiler)