Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 81
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 81 1 َو اْوُنْوُك َعَم َنْيِقِدّٰصلا The truthful are those who have recognized the truth through their spiritual insight and are wholeheartedly devoted to it. This high grade of spiritual insight cannot be achieved unless heavenly guidance conveys a seeker to the highest stage of abso - lute certainty. In this sense, the truly righteous are the Prophets, the Messengers, the Mu h addath i n, and the perfect and con - summate Auliy a ’ upon whom heavenly light descended and who beheld God Almighty with the sight of certainty in this very world. The verse that we have just quoted indicates that the world is never left without the truthful, as the perpetual commandment 2 َو اْوُنْوُك َعَم َنْيِقِدّٰصلا necessitates the presence of the truthful at all times. Besides, observation indicates clearly that those people who spend their lives without any care for keeping the company of the righteous are certainly not able to cleanse themselves of their physical passions through their learning and skills. Indeed, they fail to attain even that minimum status in Islam that generates the certainty of belief in the existence of God. They surely do not have the same certainty about God Almighty that they have about their wealth, which is locked in their boxes, or about the houses that they own. They are afraid of consuming arsenic because they know for certain that it is a fatal poison, but they are not afraid of the poison of sin, though they read in the Holy Quran every day: 1. And be with the truthful ( S u rah at-Taubah, 9:119). [Publisher] 2. S u rah at-Taubah, 9:119 [Publisher]