Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 146
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 146 appropriate in your condition, then in my opinion, you ought to remember Allah and focus on Him abundantly in solitude. It is no easy matter to repel all besides Allah from the heart, and to make the heart an abode for Allah the Exalted. This, indeed, is a great striving. Avoid idle gatherings and gossip, and try to remove the veil of negligence hanging over man’s life. With respect to old age, this is a noble striving that can purify the soul, because in this age it is challenging to endure naw a fil [voluntary worship] and Fasting, etc. The true meaning of what I have said is well explained in this couplet: بل ہب دنب و وگش و مشچ دنب د ن ن � رگ ہن ینیب ونر قح ربام دنخب Meaning that man should take such control of his tongue, ears, and eyes, that besides gaining the pleasure of God, they should do nothing else. It is a great task to moderate the intemperance that exists in human life. Now, at this time the appropriate thing to do is for one to be in much solitude, and the heart ought not to neglect the remembrance of God. If a person continues doing this, eventually the heart is influenced, and he sees a change within himself. Kashf is the Highest Form of Dream What is a kashf ? It is a lo fty and superior form of dream, and only its primitive state, in which senses are in abeyance, is called a dream ( roy a ). The body is completely suspended and idle, and the apparent function of the senses is entirely quiet, but in a kashf , the other senses are not in abeyance. A person sees, in a state of wakefulness, all that they used to see in a state of slumber when the senses were suspended. Kashf is when such