Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 219
219 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, came forth to offer himself in the scorching afternoon sun, leaving behind his home, along with his wealth and pos- sessions. He cast a glance on all his property and said: ‘Let it perish, let it be lost. ’ He detached himself from everything and joined the Holy Prophet sa. He was bestowed the honour of becoming the first Caliph immediately after the Holy Prophet sa. Then, Hazrat Umar ra became so replete with faith and sincerity that he was bestowed the honour of becoming the second Caliph. In short, each and every companion of the Holy Prophet sa received great honour. The riches of the Caesar and Chosroes were handed over to them and they were married to their princesses. It is written that a companion of the Holy Prophet sa went to see the Chosroes in his royal court. The servants of the Chosroes arranged seats made of silver and gold before him in order to flaunt their pomp and splendour. The com- panion said, this wealth does not enamour us, for we have been promised that even the bangles of the Chosroes himself will come into our possession. As such, at a later time Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, put these bangles on a certain companion so that the prophecy was fulfilled. The Moderate Way of Islam Since the religion of Islam follows a middle path, Allah the Exalted has instruct- ed, therefore, to save ourselves from those who have incurred divine displeasure and those who have gone astray. A true Muslim can neither be one to incur the wrath of God, nor be among those who are astray. Those who have incurred the displeasure of God refers to a nation that has roused the wrath of God Almighty; since these people were wrathful themselves, they drew in the anger of God— these people are the Jews. The Christians are the ones termed as misguided. The state of anger is provoked by the beastly faculty in man and misguidance is the result of man’s faculty of imagination, and the faculty of imagination grows out of excessive love. Misplaced love causes a man to be misled. ّ حُبُّک َ الشَّیْء ِ یُعْمِی ْ و َیُصِم Your love for a thing makes you blind and deaf. This state is caused by and describes the faculty of imagination. The example of one drowned in this state is that he will think that a sheet of cloth is an ox for example, or that a rope is a snake. This is why every poet has described their lover