Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 470
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 470 with God Almighty that the man’s heart becomes the throne of Allah the Exalted, it is impossible that he would not receive His light and blessings and not hear His words. If you want to hear His words, attain His nearness, but remember that this should not be your real intention. Otherwise, my own faith is that this, too, would be a form of shirk [associating partners with Allah]. 1 Because the real pur- pose of seeking God’s pleasure and His love was to receive some revelation or vision, and then there is subtly mixed with it the desire of the self that one may attain fame in this way and one may become distinguished among the people, and people should turn to me. These things become a stumbling block in attaining a pure relationship, and Satan most often subdues one at such times. He discovers the subtlest desires of the ego. Then sensual desires also start coming, and in this way, at last, finding an opportu- nity, Satan destroys a person. Therefore, the path of greatest security is indeed that a person should purify his intention and become utterly devoted to God and purify and increase his connections with Him and run towards the countenance of Allah. He alone should be his purpose and his Beloved and, step- ping upon righteousness, he should perform virtuous deeds, then the practice of Allah will do its work itself. His eyes should not be on the results, but his eyes should be on this single point alone. If the condition for reaching this point is that there will be the severest punishment, even then, he should go towards it. That is, no reward nor punishment should be the real purpose 1. All a h-o-Akbar [Allah is the greatest]. What love and devotion the Promised Messiah as has for Allah the Exalted and what lofty station of Tau hi d [Oneness of Allah] he occupies. (Editor)