Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 81
27 December 1907 81 Salat does not mean the Salat that common people offer as a ritual. Rather, it is that Salat in which a person’s heart becomes tender while prostrating at the threshold of God, so much so that it becomes captivated as if the heart is melting. Moreover, it should also be understood that Salat is to be guarded not because God needs Salat. God has no need for our Salat. He is ٌّيِنَغ ِنَع َنْيِمَلٰعْلا ٌّيِنَغ ِنَع َنْيِمَلٰعْلا. That is, He is not in need of anything. This means that man is the one who needs Salat. It is axiomatic that man desires good for himself and this is why he seeks help from God. Establishing a bond with God means obtaining real welfare. If the entire world turns against such a person and seeks his destruction, it can cause no harm to him since God would destroy tens of millions for his sake if He needs to. God destroys millions in exchange of that single individual. The Essence of Salat Salat is something that causes worldly and spiritual affairs to be set right, but most who pray are cursed by their Salat 1 as is said by God: 2 ٌلْيَوَف َنْيِّلَصُمْلِّل۰۰َۙ۠نْيِذَّلا ْمُه ْنَع ْمِهِتاَلَص َنْوُهاَس۰۰ ٌلْيَوَف َنْيِّلَصُمْلِّل۰۰َۙ۠نْيِذَّلا ْمُه ْنَع ْمِهِتاَلَص َنْوُهاَس۰۰ 1. From Badr: In a hadith it is mentioned that many reciters of the Quran are such that the Quran curses them [ R uh ul Bay a n f i Tafs i ril-Quran, by Ismail Haqqi bin Mustafa, Juzw 10, p. 209, Tafs i r S u rah al-Muzzammil, verses 2–4]. What it means is that unless one acts upon it and has his heart in it, a given worship is like a snake—beautiful and attractive to look at but full of harmful venom on the inside ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 11, dated 9 January 1908). 2. S u rah al-M a ‘ u n, 107:5–6 [Publisher]