Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 409
24 September 1905 409 remain, then what is the proof of the life of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? And what is the superiority of Islam? And what is even the need to follow this Shariah [Islamic religious law] when we cannot attain its results and blessings? Verily, verily, I say that this is an absurd and blasphemous notion. The fruits of following Islam can be received even now and forever. There is no miserliness in the person of Almighty Allah, nor does He suffer a shortage in anything. Some people blurt out in their stupidity and haste, ‘Am I to become a Wal i [Friend (of Allah); i. e. Saint]? In my view, such people are on the verge of kufr [disbelief ]. Almighty Allah calls everyone a Wal i and wants to make everyone a Wal i. This is the very reason He instructs us to [the prayer]: 1 اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا He wills you to become in the likeness of the group ْہ ی َ ل َ ع ْ م َ ٰع ُْنْ م ْہ ی َ ل َ ع ْ م َ ٰع ُْنْ م [ mun‘am ‘alaih —those upon whom the favours of God have descended]. Whoever says, ‘I cannot be like that’, falsely accuses Almighty Allah of stinginess, and that is why this is a blasphe- mous statement. The greatest rank of the Holy Prophet, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, was that he was the beloved of God, but Almighty Allah showed other people the way to reach this rank also, as He said: 2 ْلُق ْنِا ْمُتْنُك َنْوُّبِحُت َهّٰللا ْيِنْوُعِبَّتاَف۠ ُمُكْبِبْحُي ُهّٰللا ْلُق ْنِا ْمُتْنُك َنْوُّبِحُت َهّٰللا ْيِنْوُعِبَّتاَف۠ ُمُكْبِبْحُي ُهّٰللا 1. Guide us in the right path ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:6). [Publisher] 2. Say, ‘If you love Allah, follow me: then will Allah love you’ ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:32). [Publisher]