Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 265
28 April 1907 265 Sins are like ailments. Some ailments are common, and everyone can see that a person is sick, but there are some ail- ments that even the patient is unaware that some danger is about to afflict them; for instance, tuberculosis. Initially, at times even the physician cannot diagnose it until the disease adopts a ghastly form. Similarly, the concealed and hidden sins of a person gradually take them to ruin. May God Almighty show mercy through His grace. It is mentioned in the Holy Quran: 1 ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز ْدَق َحَلْفَا ْنَم اَهىّٰكَز The one who purifies his soul attains salvation. But purifying the soul is itself a ‘death’. Until all base behaviours are aban- doned, how can the purification of the soul be accomplished? Every person has the seed of some evil within him, that is his Satan. So long as this Satan is not slain, the objective cannot be achieved. Arrogance is a Great Sin The Promised Messiah as said: First of all, Adam had committed a fault and Satan did too. However, there was no arrogance in Adam. Therefore, he acknowledged his fault before God Almighty, and his offence was forgiven. It is in this that lies the hope for man to have sins forgiven through taubah [repentance]. But Satan showed arro- gance and was cursed. An arrogant person without any reason becomes ready to claim an ability for himself that is not within 1. Surely, he prospers who augments it ( S u rah ash-Shams, 91:10). [Publisher]