Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 121
121 lies against Allah, and likewise, the curse of Allah is upon those who deny the truth when it has come to them and turn away. Do you not look at the time, or is it that on the hearts are the locks of tyranny? Do you aspire to correct with your own hands what has been corrupted in terms of deed and faith? A blind person cannot guide another blind person, and the Way of the Gracious [God] has passed. Know that the tranquil- lity that purifies from sins, descends into the hearts, transports to the abode of the Beloved, removes from darkness, and saves from ignorance is not generated except through the intercession of peo- ple sent from heaven by the Lord of Glory. This is how Allah’s practice has been established to reform people of desires. Those masters will be rejected at the beginning and will be harmed at the hands of the wretched. Things will be said about them that harm them, such as slander, accusation, and falsehood. Then power will be given back to them, and it will be placed in their hearts that they should return to their Lord with supplica- tion, invocation, and prayers. They will turn to Allah, praying for victory, supplicating and invoking. Then Allah will look at them as He does to His loved ones, and they will be helped, so that every haughty enemy of truth, transgressor, and doubter will be ruined. Allah will make the end of the matter favourable for His friends who were laughed at and reckoned weak. The matter will be decreed, their status will be exalted, and a people who were spreading disorder will be destroyed. Such indeed is the way of Allah with the people who obey His command, do not slander, seek nothing but the Glory and Majesty of Allah, and annihilate themselves [in Him].