Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 313
29 December 1905 313 have within them that which he had within him. This is a spirit which, when it develops in someone, Allah the Exalted includes such a person among His chosen ones. However, that accursed life is not approved by God, which a man makes by hypocrisy and deception in the state and pretence of Prayer and Fasting. Such people play with words and logic. God Almighty does not like boasting; indeed, it makes Him angry. In the sight of Allah the Exalted, those Prayers, Fasting, Zak a t, and charity are not worthy of any value or merit in which there is no sincerity. On the contrary, they are a curse. They become blessed only when there is complete harmony between the heart and tongue. Remember well that no one can deceive Allah the Exalted. He knows the deepest secrets of the heart. Man, whose knowl- edge is limited and whose vision is restricted, can be deceived. Our friend Seth ‘Abdur-Ra h m a n, a very sincere and good man, was once deceived about a diamond. Seth Sahib was with me here in Qadian. A man from Kabul brought some pieces of stone here and presented them as diamonds. Those stones were gleaming and dazzling. Seth Sahib liked them and was prepared to give 500 rupees to buy them and even immediately gave the man 25 rupees, or something more or less. Then he coinciden- tally consulted me, telling me that he had made this deal and soliciting what I thought about it. Although I was unaware of the quality and nature of these diamonds, I had experience in the field of spiritual diamonds, which are rare in the world—that is, godly people of a pure state—in the name of whom many false stones—namely, fake people—destroy the lives of many people by showcasing their glitter and shine. So I made use of this skill here and told Seth Sahib that what he had given was difficult to take back, but I think he should show these stones to a good and competent jeweller before paying 500 rupees. Then, if indeed they are