Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 131
8 January 1908 131 Denying the One Appointed by Allah is the Greatest Sin A person who had spent most of his time in the presence of sufis [Mystics], requested the Promised Messiah as to pray for him that he may develop the cognizance and desire of Allah. The Promised Messiah as said: First of all, purify your faith. These austere religious exercises which are against the practice of the Holy Prophet s as will not be of any help and will not take you to the desired destination. Look, some yogis do austere religious exercises to such a degree that they allow their arms to dry up and shrivel but they are not acceptable in the sight of Allah because first, they are against the teachings of the Holy Prophet s as , and second, faith is totally absent. And Allah the Exalted says in the Holy Quran: 1 اَمَّنِا ُلَّبَقَتَي ُهّٰللا َنِم َنْيِقَّتُمْلا اَمَّنِا ُلَّبَقَتَي ُهّٰللا َنِم َنْيِقَّتُمْلا That is to say, Allah accepts the worship of those who fear God and the result of their fear of God is that they do things in accord with His Will and pleasure. And the foremost thing is indeed to accept the one appointed by Allah. Look, the Jews believe in God and also do not associate partners with Him. Their qiblah [the direction faced during Prayer] is also the one that was the qiblah of the Muslims in the beginning. But still they are not acceptable before the presence of Allah only because they rejected the Messenger of Allah. Those who were exalted above all peoples became accursed because they rejected the Messengers. There are indeed many other sins also but the greatest sin is to reject the one appointed by Allah. 1. S u rah al-M a ’idah, 5:28 [Publisher]