Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 205
26 December 1905 205 1 َنْوُلَعْفَي اَم َنْوُرَمْؤُي َنْوُلَعْفَي اَم َنْوُرَمْؤُي This had become the very condition of the Companions ra. Their intimate desires and carnal passions had completely dis- appeared. Nothing that was theirs remained. There was no wish nor longing except that Allah the Exalted be pleased. Thus, they were [content to be] slaughtered like lambs in the way of God. The Holy Quran says about this state of theirs: 2 ْمُهْنِمَف ْنَّم ىٰضَق ٗهَبْحَن َو ْمُهْنِم ْنَّم ُرِظَتْنَّي١ۖٞ َو اَم اْوُلَّدَب اًلْيِدْبَت. ْمُهْنِمَف ْنَّم ىٰضَق ٗهَبْحَن َو ْمُهْنِم ْنَّم ُرِظَتْنَّي١ۖٞ َو اَم اْوُلَّدَب اًلْيِدْبَت. Give Preference to Faith over the World It is not easy for this condition to develop in a person so that he becomes willing to lay down his life in the way of God. However, the state of the Companions ra shows that they ful- filled this duty. When they were ordered to lay down their lives in this way, they did not incline to the world. So it is essential that you give preference to religion over the world. Remember! Now, the one who caters to the world while he is in this Jam a ‘at, is not [truly] in this Jam a ‘at in the sight of God Almighty. In the estimation of Allah, only the one who renounces the world is counted as having entered into and included in this Jam a ‘at. Let no one think that such a thought would destroy me. This is a thought that leads away from the path of God-realization. God Almighty never wastes the 1. (They) do as they are commanded ( S u rah at-Ta h r i m, 66:7). [Publisher] 2. There are some of them who have fulfilled their vow, and some who still wait, and they have not changed their condition in the least ( S u rah al-A h z a b, 33:24). [Publisher]