Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 3
3 will not be wasted or destroyed, and they will live before the eyes of their Lord as victorious. They are Allah’s proof on earth and true mercy for the people of the earth. There is no misery in this world like the rejection of those commissioned by Allah, nor hap- piness like the acceptance of those who are accepted. They are the key to the fortress of security and safety, and the guard of those who enter [the religion]. So what would be the condition of the one who lost this key, did not enter the fortress and sit with those who are banished? The most miserable people are two men. Their misery cannot be reached by any human or jinn: a man who disbelieved in the Seal of the Prophets s as , and another man who did not believe in the Seal of the Caliphs as. He refused him, was arrogant, treated him poorly, abandoned the path of modesty, and did not show respect to Allah and His promised one and reached the pinnacle of disrespect. If he had not been born, it would have been better for him than a bad outcome and discontent of the Lord of Majesty. He will surely taste from the cup of cursing, insult, and contempt. The hour is coming, of which there is no doubt. However, those whose hearts are sealed will not desist. When it is said to them, “Believe, reform, and do not corrupt,” they will say, “Rather, you are the ones who create disorder. ” They consider wrongdoing to be goodness, and corruption to be righteousness, so they will not refrain. But what if their souls have departed and what they were concealing was revealed? And when it is said to them, “Did the head of the century not come?” They reply in the affirmative. So, say, “Will you not then be God-fearing?” The similitude of believers and disbelievers is like the living