Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 203
26 December 1905 203 arise due to this wealth will be remedied; that is, the evil perpe- trated by progeny. I say truly that you should remember this very well as it is stated in the Holy Quran, and the other Prophets have sim- ilarly stated that it is true that the entry of a rich man into Paradise is like a camel passing through the eye of a needle. This is because his wealth causes many obstacles to appear before him. Therefore, if you want your wealth not to be a cause of destruction and stumbling for you, then spend it in the way of Allah the Exalted and devote it to the propagation and service of the Faith. Who is a True Believer? Surely, remember that in the sight of God Almighty, he alone is a believer and enters the Bai‘at [the Pledge of Allegiance] who gives precedence to the faith over the world, as he declares when he takes the Bai‘at. If he puts worldly interests first, he breaks this declaration and is deemed guilty in the sight of God Almighty. So I have issued this announcement (The Will) with the permission of God for this very purpose. This is the truth. �یگ� ر را ہک ےم دادن اسحب اسل د [Who knows what will happen next year]? However, when the frequent revelations of God made it clear to me that the time was near and revelation of the decreed time came, then I made this announcement only upon the direction of Allah the Exalted so that there may be means available for the propagation of the Faith in the future. And so that people may know the practical condition of those who say we believe and testify to the truth. Know with certainty that unless the practical condition of a person is upright, what is said verbally means nothing. All that is simply vainglorious. The faith that remains confined to mere verbal claims and does