Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 258
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 258 world who, with just one focused glance, can make a person rise to the rank of sainthood and they thus acquire the knowledge of everything, even of the Divine Throne. The second kind of people are those who ponder over the Holy Quran, and honestly and sincerely endeavour and strive in the path of God to find Him. It is indeed these people whose ardent and sorrowful endeavours and attempts are not allowed to go to waste. Ultimately, it is for these people—who beg at the threshold of God with perseverance, and knock upon it with devotion and sincerity—that the door is opened. They are thus, in the end, made owners and heirs to the treasures of Divine bounties on account of their devotion, sincerity, true anguish, and genuine angst. Look, God is not in need of anything at all. What concern would He have as to who ends up in Hell or in Paradise? If one ends up in Hell, it does not cause any harm to God and it does not benefit Him if one goes to Paradise. God has absolutely no personal gain or loss in it. Allah the Exalted says: 1 َبِسَحَا ُساَّنلا ْنَا اْۤوُكَرْتُّي ْنَا اْۤوُلْوُقَّي اَّنَمٰا َو ْمُه اَل َنْوُنَتْفُي َبِسَحَا ُساَّنلا ْنَا اْۤوُكَرْتُّي ْنَا اْۤوُلْوُقَّي اَّنَمٰا َو ْمُه اَل َنْوُنَتْفُي Meaning that: ‘Do people think that God is satisfied by mere verbal declaration of faith by them even though their declara- tion has not yet been put to test to see whether they are indeed believers or not, and the truth or falsehood of their assertion has not yet become evident?’ Thus, the true and confirmed reality is that first one has to bring about thousands of deaths upon himself through adopt- ing sincerity, devotion, and anguish. Only then does Allah show mercy and take a glance in his direction. Those who think that they will become a saint by some magical trick, and that 1. S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:3 [Publisher]