Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 35
26 December 1906 35 Thus, no one can develop a true bond with Almighty Allah until he becomes childless despite having children, is poor and needy in heart despite having wealth, and is devoid of helpers and friends despite having friends. This is a difficult stage that man ought to attain. Upon achieving this status, he becomes a true worshipper of God. The statement in the Quran that, ‘I will not forgive idolatry’ has been understood by the ignorant to mean idol worship. No, it is not a point so petty; rather, it encompasses everything man holds dear to himself. Such people have been seen who imme- diately sever ties with God Almighty and begin to complain and cry when they are touched by even the slightest difficulty or distress, or their child passes away. They are staunch idola- ters and they wrong themselves. So, do not be like them, and expel such misgivings from your minds, and the way to do so is indeed to supplicate in your Prayers with the utmost humility and submission, and seek the ability to do so. I openly declare that if anyone does my Bai‘at in order to attain a son or a particular office—that is, he does Bai‘at with conditions—then he should separate himself—not today, not tomorrow—right now and leave. I have no need for such peo- ple, nor does God care for them. Know with full conviction that after this world there is another world that will never end! You ought to prepare your- selves for it. This world and its splendours undoubtedly end here; however, the blessings and joys of the Hereafter do not even have an end. Verily I say that he alone is a believer who comes to God Almighty divorcing himself from all these things. When a person comes to belong to God then it can never be that God Almighty would abandon him. Do not imagine that God is cruel. A person who sacrifices something for God Almighty gains much more in return. If you give precedence to the