The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 247
Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama'at, and Instructions 247 and the true Benefactor may be pleased with you, for anything less is a stumbling block. . God is a great wealth. To find Him you should be ready to encounter misfortune. He is a great purpose. . To achieve it, be ready to lay down your lives. Dear ones! do not slight the commandments of God Almighty. Let not the poison of current philosophy affect you. Submit to His commandments like a child. . Be constant in Prayer, be constant in Prayer, for. Prayer is the key to all good fortune. Do not stand up in Prayer as if you are performing a ceremony. As you make Wuḍū' [physical ablution] in preparation for Prayer, so perform an inner ablution whereby you should wash out from your mind and body all thoughts beside that of Allāh. Then stand up in Prayer after both these purifying ablutions, and supplicate intensively in the course of your Prayer and make crying and weeping your habit so that you may be shown mercy. . Be truthful, be truthful, for He is observing the condition of your hearts. Can man deceive Him? Can cunning devices be of any avail against Him? Greatly unfortunate is the person who carries his disobedience to a degree as if there was no God. Such a one is destroyed quickly and God Almighty cares not at all for him. . Dear ones! the bare logic of this world is a Satan and the hollow philosophy of this world is an Iblis [Satan personified] who reduces the light of faith and renders