Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 121
121 It should also be remembered that these various states of the mind are not specific to believers alone. Hindus and people from among the scheduled classes all make use of the brain. Moreover, those who are engaged in worldly affairs and business, all make use of their brains. The mental faculties of such people have grown and developed fully, and it is through these faculties that they come up with new and innovative ideas to further their business. Look at Europe and the New World, and you will see how its people make use of their mental faculties, and the pace at which they invent new technologies. The work of the heart begins when a person becomes devoted to God. At such a time, all the inner faculties and authorities of man cease to exist and the rule of the heart gains a power and strength. It is then that a human being may be deemed complete. It is this very state in which a human being becomes an embodiment of the verse: 1 ْ نَفَخْتُ فِيْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِي I have breathed into him of My Spirit. It is in this very state that even the angels prostrate before such a person. At this time, the individual in question becomes a new person altogether, and their soul becomes fully absorbed in pleasure and joy. It must also be remembered that this pleasure cannot be likened to the pleasure that an impulsive evil-doer feels in fornication, or to the enjoyment that an admirer of good voices experiences on hearing a melodious person sing —not in the least; one must not be deceived. The soul experiences pleasure 2 when a human being melts and begins to flow towards God in the likeness of water, due to fear and awe of Him. At this stage, the person in question becomes the ‘Word of God’ and the following verse begins to show its effects in them: 3 ُ اَنْ يَّقُوْلَ لَهٗ كُنْ فَيَكُوْن اِنَّمَاۤ اَمْرُهٗۤ اِذَاۤ اَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا Verily His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, ‘Be!,’ and it is. The Deeper Reality of the Word of Allah and the Soul People have gravely misunderstood the term ‘Word of Allah’ which is used for 1 al-Hijr, 15:30 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 9, dated 10 March 1901, pp. 1-4 3 Yasin, 36:83