Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 66
66 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad ت �یس� ن � یم�اں اکر اہ دوشار � رب رک No task is difficult for the valiant. Allah the Exalted refers to His beloved as saints. Now is it difficult for someone to become a saint in the sight of God Almighty? It is extremely easy. Of course, it is necessary for a person to stand firm in virtue, and tread on the path of God with patience, determination and loyalty, and to not waver in the face of any grief, pain or misfortune. When an individual develops a true relationship with God Almighty and distances themselves from those things which cause His displeas- ure, and in fact, adopts purity and piety, abstaining from that which is foul, God Almighty also forges a relationship with such a person and grants them His near- ness. However, if someone continues to move away from God Almighty and does not make an effort to pull themselves out of impurity, then God Almighty also does not care for such a person, just as He states: 1 ْ اَزَاغَ اهللُ قُلُوْبَهُم زَاغُوْۤا فَلَمَّا So when they deviated from the right course, Allah caused their hearts to deviate. The Ease in Our Spiritual Quest Our community should not lose hope. The things just mentioned are not severe hardships. I truthfully say that God Almighty has eased our difficulties, because the pathways of our spiritual quest are different from those of others. The state of our spiritual quest does not arch our backs, or require us to lengthen our nails, or stand in water or sit in seclusion for extended periods of time, or freeze our hands in a certain position until they become lifeless, or ruin our physical appearances. By adopting such practices, in their own fancy, there are some who seek to become godly. But I observe that let alone finding God, these people even cease to remain human beings. However, this is not the manner of our spiritual quest. In fact, Islam has prescribed a very easy way and it is the wide and spacious path that is described by Allah the Exalted as follows: 2 َ الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيْم اِهْدِنَا Guide us in the right path. 1 as-Saff , 61:6 2 al-Fatihah, 1:6