Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 482
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 482 call them a Waliullah [Friend of Allah; i. e. saint]. There are no such teachings in Islam that would make people insane, nor is this the way to realize union with Allah. What is said in the Holy Quran is: 1 ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز۰۰ َو ْدَق َباَخ ْنَم اَهىّٰسَد۰۰ ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز۰۰ َو ْدَق َباَخ ْنَم اَهىّٰسَد۰۰ When a person restrains his passions only for the sake of Allah the Exalted, its result is success and honour in the religious and secular realms. Falah [Success] is of two kinds. Cleansing of the soul in accordance with the teachings of the Holy Prophet s as brings about salvation in the Hereafter as well as comfort in this world. Sin is a suffering in itself. Those who find enjoy- ment in sin are sick. The result of evil is never good. I have seen some drunkards who suffered from cataract, became paralyzed, developed tremors, or died from stroke. When God Almighty admonishes against such evils, it is for the good of people sim- ilar to when a physician prescribes preventive measures to a patient, it is for the benefit of the patient and not the physician. Thus, if you wish to have physical and spiritual falah , you should stay away from all these threats and prohibitions. Do not let your passions become unbridled, lest the chastisement befall you. Allah the Exalted has shown, out of His utmost mercy, the way to save yourself from every affliction. So now, if someone does not save himself from these afflictions and sins Islam cannot be criticized for it. To sum it up, there are two kinds of people. One kind of people have gone to the extreme of naturalism and they are at the brink of becoming atheists. They consider different 1. Surely, he prospers who augments it, And he who corrupts it is ruined ( S u rah ash-Shams, 91:10–11). [Publisher]