So Said The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 99
The person who is engaged in pursuit of the Tr:. ith will prove himself to be very unfortunate if he does not proceed with his work with a clear conscience, having no misgivings. Look at the potter; he ha~ to take a lot of trouble in making the pots. Look at the washerman; when he begins to cleanse dirty clothes he has to do a number of things; sometimes he warms them and rubs them with the soap; sometimes he has to use other technique to remove the dirt. At long last, the dirt is removed and the clothes become white and clean. If even for ordinary things one has to take a lot of trouble and to exercise great patience, how foolish will be the person who wishes to refo1m his life and to remove the dirt of his heart and yet he likes all this to be done by just blowing on him. You should remember that patience has to be exercised for the reformation of one's life. (Malfoozat Vol. ii p. 228-229) SEEK AFTER TRUTH PATIENTLY The person who comes to me, I do not know anything about him; whoever comes to me he says that he has come for the sake of God and it is God that he is seeking after. I do not know the intention of this person. But what I do know is that he who is seeking after God must first and foremost correct his beliefs; he should ascertain as to which God he is seeking after. ls he really seeking after the God who is the Creator of the whole of the Universe and who is the Owner of it and possesses all the good attributes and who is devoid of every shortcoming. Or is he ~eeking after a God who is the son of a woman, or more than three hundred weak gods like the one who is born to a woman. For example the Christians say that Messiah, the son of Mary, (who was bron to a woman j11st as other human beings 99