Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 265
Undated 265 The Need for Perfect Loyalty A sincere and genuine relationship with Allah the Exalted develops when man is completely loyal and faithful. Even if he cries and a pool of tears amasses every day, an individual who is not loyal has no value in the sight of God Almighty. Therefore, it is necessary that your relationship with God Almighty be a model of perfect loyalty. Death as an Admonisher Strange indeed is the condition of man that if he sees a snake somewhere, he is terrified of it, and he is afraid of going to the place where he thinks there might be a snake, but thousands of experiences of mortality and death are before him, yet he still takes no heed. Otherwise, death alone would have sufficed as an admonisher to bring about his reformation. The Consequences of Believing False Stories False stories create false reliance, with the consequence that truth is eventually lost. Just as trust in the imaginary tales of alchemy causes man to squander away even the wealth he already possesses, false notions and fictional tales also affect faith. Those who leave the Holy Quran—the Word of Allah the Exalted—end up suffering from this same disease and lose their faith. There is nothing in the Holy Quran that deceives a person. In fact, the renewal of man’s faith begins when he comes to believe in Allah the Exalted alone, and his sins start to be removed onwards from that instant. Man cannot be saved from