The Will — Page 46
T HE W IL L—AL-WA T HE W IL L—AL-WA S S IY YAT IY YAT 46 advice from the Holy Prophet s as without offering Nadhr a nah. 1 Thus in this too was a trial for the hypocrites. I feel that in present day trials too the faithful ones of the highest order who have in fact given precedence to faith over worldliness will stand distin- guished from others and it shall be proved that they have fulfilled their pledge of Bai‘at and established their bona fides. No doubt this institution [of Wa s iyyat] will be very hard on the hypocrites, for it will expose them and after they die, be they men or women, they will certainly not be buried in this graveyard. 2 ْيِف ْمِهِبْوُلُق ٌضَرَّم١ۙ ُمُهَداَزَف ُهّٰللا اًضَرَم But those who excel in this matter will be counted among the righteous and forever and always shall they be the recipients of Divine blessings. Finally, let it be remembered that the days of calamities are close at hand and a severe earthquake that will turn the earth upside down is imminent. Hence before Divine chastisement strikes, those who prove that they are not of this world and have renounced it, and who further demonstrate how well they carried out my command, they alone are the true believers in the sight of God. And their names shall be listed in His book as of those who are the first and foremost. And truly and sincerely do I say that the time is near when a hypocrite who out of his love for this 1. Anything given as a gift to a holy person, specially the Holy Prophet s as. (Publisher) 2. In their hearts was a disease, and Allah has increased their disease to them. ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:11) [Publisher]