Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 239
26 December 1905 239 participate in its dissemination. It is the grace and favour of God Almighty that He has given you this opportunity. This life that people are so proud of is nothing, and the life of eternal happiness is indeed the one God will bestow after death. Yes, it is true that it begins in this very world and in this very life, and its preparation also takes place here. Exhortation to Join Wa s iyyat by giving Precedence to Faith over Worldly Matters It has been a long time since God revealed to me that there would be a heavenly graveyard. Those people will enter it who are ‘heavenly’, so to speak, in the knowledge and will of Almighty Allah. Then I received a revelation concerning this: رَحْـمَۃٍ. ُّ ُل ك اُنْزِل َ فِیْـھَا رَحْـمَۃٍ. ُّ ُل ك اُنْزِل َ فِیْـھَا No blessing or mercy remains out of it. Now, the person who desires that he should be buried in the place where such mercy descends—what an excellent opportunity for him to prioritize the needs of the Faith over his worldly needs and put Allah’s will before his own will! This century, of which twenty-three years are about to pass, will run its course, and by the end of it, none of the present generations will be left, and if someone remains in a useless state, to what benefit? Allah the Exalted says that you send your s adaqah [charity] ahead. This word s adaqah derives from s idq [veracity]. Until a person shows a perfect example of one’s s idq and sincerity in the way of Allah the Exalted, mere boasts can achieve nothing. In the al-Wa s iyyat announcement, I have imposed the con- dition of bequeathing a part of one’s property for spreading