Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 90
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 90 happy with his friend? Never. Even though he did not cause him any trouble, nevertheless, showing regard to that servant and treating him well is akin to treating his master well. God Almighty also becomes annoyed when someone does not treat His creation kindly because He loves His creation very much. Therefore, the person who sympathizes with the creation of God Almighty is as if he is pleasing his God. In short, virtues are the only means of attaining all progress. According to my understanding, it is indeed this aspect of the rights of man that strengthens the aspect relating to the rights of Allah. He who deals benevolently with his fellow man, God Almighty does not let his faith go to waste. When man does something for the pleasure of God Almighty and sympathizes with his weak brother, his faith becomes strong due to this sincerity. However, it should be remembered that the morals shown for display and ostentation are not morals devoted to God. Since they lack sincerity, no benefit ensues from them. Many people build inns for the wayfarers, but their real pur- pose is fame. If a person does an act for the sake of God Almighty, no matter how small it may be, Allah Almighty does not waste it and bestows its recompense. I have read in Tadhkiratul-Auliy a ’ that a Waliull a h [Saint] says that one time it rained for sev- eral days and during those rainy days, he saw an 80-year-old Zoroastrian man putting seeds for the sparrows on the roof. Thinking that the actions of a k a fir [disbeliever] are not rewarded, he asked him whether he would get any reward for this act of his. The Zoroastrian man replied that his effort would indeed be rewarded. Thereafter, that very Waliull a h nar- rates that once when he went to Hajj, he saw that Zoroastrian man performing a circuit around the Ka‘bah. He recognised the Waliull a h and said, ‘Look! Did I receive the reward for