Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 15
15 So, this is the truth and I tell you truly, the people of Allah are provided with provisions from the Lord of His servants, and they are directed to the correct path. All the necessities of guidance are provided for them. They are given all the necessary supplies and are sufficiently equipped to rise high. Thus, it is not for the people of this world to compete with them and have hearts like theirs, even if they ran actively like horses. How could it be if their hearts are scattered like the spread of locusts, and their tongues are on the plateau, and their souls are in valleys? They say, “We are Arabs, nurtured by the milk of literature from our mothers, and endowed with the power of speech akin to the kings of Yemen, who, when they said something, it had to be followed. ” They were arrogant with their proud souls and Arabic tongues. They claimed the most invulnerable place for themselves and boasted they could blunt the edge of every sword. Yet, out of ignorance, they failed to realise that the saints of the Most Gracious are granted gifts of knowledge and eloquence beyond those bestowed upon the people of language. No one can reach their proficiency even with great struggle and time. How can they claim a share in this matter, even if they were granted the eloquence of Sa h b a n 1? For they have not polished the mirror of faith, nor tasted from the divine fountain of knowledge. Thus, they have merged folly with deprivation, and are unable to return to the Most Gracious. Instead, their newspapers have become dry and foul, preserved as if they were obligatory prayers. They cir- culate newspapers seeking gifts and material possessions, save for 1. The name of a man from the W a ’il tribe who was set as an example for eloquence. [Publisher]