Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 277
27 December 1905 277 godly people. However, since these actions have nothing to do with God Almighty, no good and blessed effect is produced in those who carry out such acts. Remember it well that whoever becomes God Almighty’s, God Almighty becomes his, and God cannot be deceived by anyone. This is foolishness and ignorance if someone wants to win over God through ostentation and deception. He is simply deceiving himself. The adornment of the world and the love of the world is the root of all wrongdoings. Being blinded by it, a man leaves humanity and does not understand what he is doing and what he should have done. Given that no one can deceive an intelligent man, how can Allah the Exalted be fooled by anyone? Nonetheless, the root of such evil deeds is the love of the world, and the greatest sin destroying the Muslims at this time—in which they are sorely afflicted—is undoubtedly this love of the world. Sleeping, waking, getting up, sitting down, walking—every moment people are preoccupied with this very grief and anxiety, yet there is no care nor concern for the time when they will be lowered into the grave. Had such people feared Allah the Exalted and had even the slightest concern and worry for religion, they could have benefited greatly. Sa‘d i says: دے ںی ر از دخا رتدیس ںی رگ وز� [If only the Vizier had been fearful of God!] Give the Grandeur of God a Place in your Heart How diligent and active people are in the discharge of their work even if it is an ordinary sort of employment, but when the time for Prayer comes, it is abandoned merely upon seeing water that is slightly too cold [for performing the ablution]. Why do such things occur? Because the heart is devoid of any