Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 151
151 nothing, and if a Christian sought to find work, they would be forced into labour without wages. In short, this teaching is greatly emphasised, and the Christian clergy can be seen to preach it in the public, vigorously praising this teaching, but when a practical example is sought after, nothing can be found. It is as though all this is limited to words alone, and nothing is to be acted upon. This is why none of this can be referred to as morality. Morality means to employ all the faculties that Allah the Exalted has granted man in their appropriate place and time. For example, human beings have been granted wisdom. Now if someone who was un- acquainted in a certain area needed counsel from someone who was experienced in the subject at hand, morality would demand that the latter offer their full as- sistance and sincere advice to the person in need through their own sound wis- dom. People view these things lightly and say that they have nothing to lose; let the other person suffer. This is a satanic action. It is inhumane for an individual to see someone else being ruined and not be prepared to help them. No, in fact, one ought to listen to the other person with full attention and regard, and give them the necessary assistance that they need, according to one’s own wisdom and understanding. Someone may raise the allegation that here: ْ مِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُم (They spend out of what We have provided for them) has been stated, and the words mimma or ‘a part out of what’ express an air of avarice, and what ought to have been instructed is the following: رہ ہچ داری رخچ نک در راہ ِ اُو Spend in his way, whatever you possess. The fact of the matter is that this verse does not encourage avarice. The Holy Quran is the word of the All-Wise God. The meaning of wisdom is: ےش را ربلحم دانتش To place a thing at its appropriate place. Hence, the words ْ مِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُم indicate that an individual ought to spend in a man- ner that is appropriate in view of time and place. In other words, where spend- ing less is better suited, one ought to spend less, and where greater spending is needed, one spends to a greater degree.