Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 139
3 March 1905 139 اج ن � گ ن م� رمرےہرمےوس [ ‘Supplication is veritable death; so first anni - hilate yourself, then go for supplication’]. In truth, so long as man fails to reach the state in supplica- tions as if death has overcome him, the door of mercy will not open. Life in God Almighty demands a death. There is nothing until man enters through this narrow gate. In the path of seek- ing God, nothing is achieved through word worship; instead, here one needs to be a realist. When the quest is sincere, I am certain that Allah the Exalted will not leave such a one deprived. Questioner— Steadfastness needs to be obtained as well. Promised messiah as — Yes, it is true that there must be stead- fastness, and this steadfastness, too, comes only through the grace and beneficence of Allah the Exalted. Even a lowly beggar who refuses to depart from the door of an extremely miserly person leaves with something, whereas Allah Almighty is the Most Gracious and the Beneficent God. It is impossible for one to fall upon His threshold and rise from it empty-handed. If you desire that all wishes be fulfilled, then that can only happen through His grace. Sometimes a person is deceived that such and such desire of theirs remained unfulfilled, whereas the fact is that Allah the Exalted has liberated them from every want. It is written that a king once passed by a poor man who only possessed a small piece of cloth to cover himself, yet he was extremely content. The king asked him why he was so con- tent. The poor man replied, ‘If the person whose every desire has been fulfilled should not be happy, then who merits being happy?’ The king was absolutely astonished, and asked the poor man if all his wishes had been fulfilled. He replied, ‘Not a sin- gle desire remains. ’ In reality, acquisition is of only two kinds: either obtain it or abandon it. The fact of the matter is that the essential thing for finding