Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 316
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 316 mixed with honey, no one will eat it because they know it is a deadly poison. Nevertheless, in this very same way, sin is also a poison that kills the human soul. Now, the question arises that if a person believes in the existence of God Almighty, then why does he sin with great boldness and audacity? He would not be so bold if he had the cognisance that there exists one who will call him to account. This boldness and audacity is the result and fruit of the absence of cognisance. In short, the distinction between Islam and other religions is that Islam bestows true cognisance, which brings death upon a person’s sinful life and then he is bestowed a new life, which is a heavenly life. I truly say that if a person does not try to evade the Noble Quran in form or intent, Allah the Exalted will distinguish him from others; complete certainty and faith in Allah the Exalted develop within him, and he witnesses the wonders of His powers. His cognisance increases. His prayers are accepted, and he is given such senses and strength that he beholds those things and mysteries of Divine powers that oth- ers do not see. He hears those things that others have no aware- ness of. That is why He said: 1 ْنَم َناَك ْيِف ٖۤهِذٰه ىٰمْعَا َوُهَف يِف ِةَرِخٰاْلا ىٰمْعَا ْنَم َناَك ْيِف ٖۤهِذٰه ىٰمْعَا َوُهَف يِف ِةَرِخٰاْلا ىٰمْعَا It is learned from this that man takes his senses for the next world from this very world. The sight with which he will see the objects and wonders [of that world] is obtained from this world, and it is from this world that he takes the hearing with which he will hear [in the Hereafter]. It is as if he who does not see and hear the things of that world, here in this world, will not be able to see them there either. 1. Whoso is blind in this world will be blind in the Hereafter ( S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, 17:73). [Publisher]