The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 265
Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama'at, and Instructions 265 perience the wonders of God's power that I have experienced. My testimony is based on experiences and it is not a tale. actual [Kashti-e-Nūḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 19, pp. 18-21] yours. . If you become God's then be sure that God is. You will be asleep and God Almighty will keep awake for you. You will be unmindful of the enemy and God will watch him and will frustrate his designs. . You still do not know the extent of God's powers. . Had you known it, not a single day would you have grieved after the world. Does he who owns a treasure weep and cry and become sorrowful unto death by losing a paisa? Had you been aware of the treasure, that at every time of need God will do the needful, you would not have been so restless after the world. . God is a lovely treasure, value Him accordingly. He is your Helper at every step; without Him you are nothing, nor do your resources and your devices amount to anything. Do not follow other people for they have become wholly reliant upon the means. . . . I do not forbid you to employ means within moderation, but I do forbid you to become slaves of means like other people and to forget the God Who provides the means. Had you possessed the eye, you would have seen that God is everything and all else is nothing. You can neither stretch forth your hand nor hold it back, but under His command. A [spiritually] dead one might laugh at this, if he had truly died, it would have been better for him than this laughter. Beware!. Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of other people