Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 306
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 306 It is Not Impossible for Man to Attain Lofty Spiritual Status One should never think it is impossible to attain such a lofty station. All this can be acquired and is acquired. The people who achieved these stations and ranks were also human, after all. The fact is that when a man has a long list of his crimes in front of him, he becomes troubled upon seeing it and thinks it difficult to be safe against them. But this is the result of his human weakness. There are many people in Europe who simi- larly hold this very view. Therefore, they say that the teachings of the Prophets, peace be upon them, are only intended to make a man admit that he is unworthy of acting upon those teachings or does not have the power to do so. Such people are simply ignorant of the power and capability of Allah the Exalted, and they have not reflected on the powers of God Almighty. If they had deliberated over the condition of man himself and the changes he has passed through, they would not have uttered such a thing. But the weakness of their knowledge and cognizance allowed them to think like this. Behold! How many changes has man gone through! There was a period experienced by man when he was merely in the realm of the sperm, and that was a state when he was abso- lutely nothing. It would have dried up within a few minutes had it fallen on the ground or clothes. Then he became a clot in which he barely congealed into a shape, but even at this point, he did not have any life. Then he became a shapeless lump. Then another time came when life entered him in the shape of a fetus. After that, he was born, and then from infancy, he attained maturity, etc. , etc. Now reflect that the All-Powerful God who has made man pass through such changes to make him into a human being so